Shoot: Lone 2

Last weekend Lone and I did another shoot together - this time inside at my place. We shot for about an hour and a half, doing three wardrobe changes (you only get to see two though).

All right, I'll just show you the pics:

I don't want to get carried away or anything, but I'm so happy about these pics - I think they turned out really great, which only makes me want to push harder to improve and that is a feeling I've missed.

Right now I'm thinking about solutions to my background problems. These pics were shot infront of a white wall, which works fine, except there are two lamps on the wall that I have to edit out, not that it takes that long to do, but I'd like to work something out, so I can use different colours for backgrounds. I really want to try working with a black background.

I could invest in a whole set up with a frame and a seamless paper set up, but I think that's a bit too expensive and would rather do this as a last resort.

Then Walimex makes these foldable backgrounds that are kind of handy, but then I'd have to choose just one colour, because buying more would just add up to the same amount as a whole setup.

I was kind of thinking about some kind of creative solution with some fabric and some kind of... I don't know. I'll have to think about this some more.

I downloaded the trial version of Apple's Aperture 2.0 in order to try and tether my camera and computer. It took a while to get it to work as I had to figure out the settings for my camera and also that you actually have to put a memory card in the camera for it to work, despite the fact that the pictures will be stored on the computer.

But it worked and it was kind of awesome, haha. Seriously, though, it was a big help to be able to view the picture right away on the computer in terms of exposure and focus. I think it also helped Lone, because we put the screen so she could watch too while we were shooting. It's nice to know what you look like and whether or not one's poses work. Definitely, something I will be using again. Actually, I can't wait to use it again.

Another thing I learned was that while some don't seem to consider the 50mm f/1.4 lens the ideal lens for studio photography, I quite liked how it allowed me to turn down the flash a bit which not only saves the batteries, but also I liked how the reflection of the flash in Lone's eyes was more understated than it would have been had I not been able to use such a low f-stop.

That's all for now.

Ps. How much do you love the curls on Lone? Hot damn :D