Studio flash and digital camera training

William Whitaker · 02-18-2005, 02:06 AM

Teaching my students to take proper portrait reference photos is vital, since portrait painters today will probably have to do most of their commissions from reference material. We are fortunate that digital photography is coming into its own, for the quality and control is a real boon to us. Last evening two of my students brought a friend to the studio, dressed her up in stuff out of my prop closet, and practiced using my studio flash setup coupled with a Canon EOS 10D digital camera.

They fussed over the subject and used handfuls of bobby pins in the poor victim

William Whitaker · 02-18-2005, 02:07 AM

This is one of the head shots they set up and took. The light source is a Paul C. Buff White Lightning 1200 flash unit equipped with a Photoflex soft box measuring about 30x40

William Whitaker · 02-18-2005, 02:08 AM

Here are two examples of excellent portraits from the

William Whitaker · 02-18-2005, 02:09 AM

I

William Whitaker · 02-18-2005, 02:10 AM

An old tramp stumbled into the studio during the session and insisted on spoiling a picture.

Michael Georges · 03-12-2005, 11:36 AM

Bill:

These are great shots! I would love to hear more about the flash equipment. One thing I have considered is to start a topic where folks who have high-end digitals that can take RAW pics could post their settings.

I have a devil of a time taking shots of my paintings vs. taking shots of subjects.