Saturday 27th February 2010

Because I have been receiving an increasing number of requests from friends and acquaintances to take portrait photographs of them (or their children or pets), I decided to book myself onto a one-day intensive training course for studio portrait photography in Bonn today.
This was only the second photo shoot for Natalia, the Russian model above - we were both working on a tfcd basis (she didn't charge for her time, since she needs a copy of the photographs taken on a CD for her portfolio; we didn't charge her, because we need the pictures for our portfolios too !!), so not only was it a challenge to light her, we also had to figure out the best poses and guide her - it was a very interesting, informative and enjoyable day, but showed me how much more I still have to learn !!

(Nikon D5000 : Nikkor VR 18-55mm f3.5-5.6 : f13 : 1/125" : 46mm : ISO 200: 27.02.2010 14:46:53)


Natalia brought her friend, Kristina (another Russian lady), who also wanted portrait photographs for her portfolio.

(Nikon D5000 : Sigma VR 18-200mm f3.5-6.3 : f16 : 1/125" : 52mm : ISO 200: 27.02.2010 16:02:55)


Our next challenge was to light Kristina and Natalia together.

(Nikon D5000 : Nikkor VR 18-55mm f3.5-5.6 : f16 : 1/125" : 32mm : ISO 200: 27.02.2010 17:06:58)