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More Gritty Portraiture

28/03/2012 In Venture Blog By sengmah

More Gritty Portraiture

One of my favourite things about shooting portraiture in the studio is to ask the sitter to display emotions outside the “happy smiling” norm. There’s an energy that comes from tension in pose and expression. This dude should look familiar for some of you.

 

Gritty portraiture

 

Setup: strip box located camera left; gridded reflector camera right and feathered on back of sitter; softbox camera right for fill.

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