Haven’t done a portrait in a little while so here’s a post-swim-lesson-crazy-hair portrait of Mischief the Kid. Or maybe I should call her Giggles. Perhaps Tiny. Her favourite activity is stealing her big sister’s stuff (toys, books, bookmarks, … anything really) and running off to hide it. You’d think no one ever paid her any attention.

Shot indoors with off-camera flash bounced off an umbrella reflector. Black and white conversion done with Silver Efex Pro.

 

I don’t often do your basic studio portrait and I don’t believe I’ve yet posted one to the blog. Today was finally the day then. I used a simple setup using a black background and an off-camera flash elevated to camera-right. The flash is behind a large circular scrim (roughly equivalent to a soft-box). I have a white reflector behind the subject to bounce back some of the flash and reduce shadows on the back of the daughter’s head (note the distinct lack of the daughter of disdain today!). She was seated with her body facing the light source and her face turned toward camera in a fairly classic pose.