Amy Dunn, Houston Photographer Blog » beauty dish http://www.amydunn.com/blog Wed, 08 Sep 2010 03:52:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 New Self-Portrait, “The Ex” http://www.amydunn.com/blog/new-self-portrait-the-ex/ http://www.amydunn.com/blog/new-self-portrait-the-ex/#comments Sun, 28 Mar 2010 06:10:58 +0000 amydunn http://www.amydunn.com/blog/?p=4110 I had a rough time trying to set up a self-portrait today. First, my Vagabond did not hold its charge (again), so I had to scrap my shoot at the neighborhood park. Then, I tore apart my house so I could light some surfaces outside. No matter what I tried, my lighting look atrosh. Blargh. I tried different set-ups inside my house and settled on the whole notion of “less is more.”

Amy Dunn & Wasabi

Photographer: Amy Dunn
Photo assistant: Jon Slevec

Houston, TX 2010

Gear: Canon 5D Mark II
Canon EF 24-70 mm
Lighting: AB 1600 Beauty Dish

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I shot this in my kitchen. I did not intend such a moody, introspective self-portrait, but rather, I wanted to shoot a kitchen scene while baking cookies. I goofed on my lighting but liked the way this overhead light highlighted my bone structure. A quick change of clothing, and I embraced a secondary self-portrait setting.

I enjoyed shooting this self-portrait much more than my previous one for a couple of reasons: (1) while Houston had yet another thunderstorm tonight, I did not have to run outside in the spooky weather, and (2) I finally replaced my remote switch so I could shoot from afar. This time, I did not break a sweat other than setting up the lighting which consisted of a beauty dish and grid placed on a boom stand. The remote facilitated the shoot, and after a handful of shots (16 to be exact), I went with the classic, “Good enough.”

Other than a little dodging and burning to bring out textures, I did not do much in post-production. If all self-portraits were this easy, I would shoot them more often. I do have some set-ups that I want to try soon—including the one I missed this evening—so please keep up the support as I fumble my way through these ideas. :)

Houston, TX 2009

Gear: Canon 5D Mark II
Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8 L USM Lens
Lighting: AB 1600 Beauty Dish + Grid on boom

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