Hands by the Face

[Ernst-Ulrich Schafer]

This has been a "Personal Project" of mine ever since getting into Portraiture.
It came from the study of Alfred Steglitz and the portraits he did of his wife Georgia Okeefe.

Ernst

[Mad Aussie]

Very nice. Love the two lighting source result.

[crystalb]

Lovely light indeed! Would you mind sharing your setup?

[Ernst-Ulrich Schafer]

Thanks guys.

Crystal, Pretty simple set up. Main Softbox camera right at a 45% angle, back edge at his shoulders and then feathered. Two strip lights in the background on each side. Reflector on camera left.

[crystalb]

My guess was close, just missed the strip lights :)
Thank You!

[Richard]

Love this shot, your lighting is lovely. Thanks for mentioning Alfred Steglitz, just looked him up on Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Stieglitz).

:thumbup:

[Michaelaw]

Great shot Ernst...May I ask what lens you used and subject distance to BG?
The light is very good:thumbup:

[AntZ]

Fantastic. Wonderful lighting and interesting looking subject.

[Ernst-Ulrich Schafer]

Thanks everyone.

Richard, In my opinion Alfred Steglitz is the most important person in American Art History. And not just becuase he himself was a photographer.

Michael, I pretty much use a 28-70 f2.8 in my studio and pretty much keep it at the 70mm postion. The subject is about 4 ft from the backdrop.

[kat]

Fantastic portrait. If you don't mind me asking..haha..how far away are you from the subject?

[edG]

love the shot and the comp - absolutely classic