Photography Weekend - Day 1

Had a great time with weekend working with some new models, Mike from Tulsa and Delila from west Texas. This came about at the last minute when Mike emailed my daughter Emily about a shoot he was doing in Norman. We we invited to participate and met several other photographers and models.

Saturday night we met on the OU campus for a general outdoor session near the law library. The light was very nice at that time of day so I decided to just make use of what was available. I first worked with Mike and had him positioned in front of a bike rack with his face in the dappled lighting coming in through some trees. I used a large 7' reflector to camera left to bounce some fill light in and define his features. These first three pictures were done with just available light and one reflector. Notice the rim lighting from the reflector on Mike's right arm and shoulder, and the dappled light on his face, arm and body. The large bounce reflector helps provide definition to his form and seperation from the background.

This is basically the same lighting and a slightly different pose. The side lighting on his face gives the picture more of a dramatic feel.


And once more the same basic lighting with a different pose. I really like how the light is not fully across his face and how the bounce fill provides definition to his neck and shoulder.

Next we moved just a bit and worked with Delila in the same light. This time I used a gold reflector rather than white to bounce some gold light onto her right side.

This is the same lighting with a different pose. Delila was very easy to work with and seemed fairly experienced.

After this session we all decided to meet at 8 am Sunday morning for another session in Bricktown.