actor's headshots

Jake is an actor. We tried a few different styles today, to give him a variety of choices. It was a fun shoot, and I plan to do some more actor's headshots.

I'm pleased with how these came out. Jake has a great attitude and he's easy to work with.

A note on lighting: I hung a muslin backdrop and used mostly natural light, but it was getting late in the day, so I added a halogen light with a makeshift parchment diffuser over it. My friend scott - previous post - had pointed out that halogen was pretty clean light, and he's right - it worked quite well.

I'm making a set of muslin curtains to control the light if it's too bright in the morning. the three large windows face southeast, south and southwest, so the light can be nice there. That day, we were late in the afternoon, and there wasn't enough light. I'm also going to make a few cloth backdrops so I can have some different textures for headshots. I put two loops in the cieling to hang a copper pipe for draping cloth. a makeshift setup, but it worked very well.

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I haven't been posting as often as usual lately, because my mother is not well. She is in the hospital, and she is feeling awful. I like to be there with her later at night, when the hospital is more quiet and we can turn off the bright lights and talk. This is a difficult time and a close time for us.

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