Hailey
Hailey wanted to celebrate her upcoming birthday with a photoshoot - what a great idea, to be honest - so we met and walked around Costa Nova to find the best locations.
The thing about photographing at sunset, albeit gorgeous light, is that light quickly fades away. To move around swiftly, I left the Profoto B10 at home and only brought the 35 1.4 and 50 1.4 on my D750s. This kit allows me to:
shoot without an assistant
be nimble and shoot available light for a longer period
explore more locations without having to fiddle with flash, lightstands and modifiers.
save the client’s time (and mine) with a shorter photoshoot.
Stephanie
Stephanie and I go way back, to when I was studying mechanical engineering right here in Aveiro.
She needed an update to her CV, so she contacted me to shoot a new series of portraits: “I want to show how I feel now, in this time in my life”.
Sometimes I tend to overthink things and come up with exotic locations and complicated lighting setups. So this time I wanted to do something different, simpler. Two focal lengths (35 and 50mm) and available light only. To make it even more simple, we shot all of these portraits literally within 50 meters of my house.
It’s good to shoot out of your comfort zone. It’s when you learn the most.
