While covering an editorial assignment last week, I had very little time to photograph Master Sommelier Gerard Basset at his hotel. We needed a simple but classy looking portrait to feature in Lloyds magazine.
So, because of the limited amount of time and the lack of a studio I had to improvise. Easy right?
I brought along a piece of A1 black card, which I had my assistant to hold, placed behind a chair where Gerard was to sit. Right behind the chair I placed a strobe with a red gel pointing up at the card behind Gerard’s head. As for the main light, I had a strobe firing through a shoot through umbrella positioned 45 degrees off to the right. This all took less than one minute to set up.
Now who said you need a 20×20ft backdrop and half a day?
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