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Portraits from the Plateau – Sylvain Grand’Maison

I took this shot for fellow friend, art director and podcaster Sylvain Grand’Maison about a month ago. Sylvain produces an extremely successful French podcast here in Quebec that features great podsafe music,  great artists and does it all while drinking great beer and talking about social media and podcasting.

Sylvain needed some photography done so we got together for a few hours and clicked the shutter. He specifically had a concept in mind and we focused mainly on his concept (can’t talk about it yet). After the shoot though, we also took some casual shots and many of them came out quite nice including this one.

Sylvain Grand'Maison

Sylvain’s blond hair and eyes came out really well against this black background and both he and I really dig this shot. In terms of lighting, I used a Quantum flash in an umbrella at 45 degrees and a reflector on the opposite site. I did a bit of softening on his body and added some glow to his hair in post so that his face is the most striking element in the shot. Exif data is 1/80 at F-7.0 ISO 400 at 75mm.

Tags: photography, portrait, portrait from the plateau, studio photography

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60 – Panning and the Weston Portrait – Interview with Laszlo of Montreal

Photography podcast #60 features an interview with photographer Laszlo of Montreal. In this interview, Laszlo deconstructs a portrait of Loblaws owner Galen Weston so that we may learn from it. In the interview he describes the various techniques used to create this image including panning, balancing the flash and the ambient light as well as his choice of shutter speed and environment for this image.

Galen Weston by Laszlo - Click to enlarge

Links mentioned in this podcast:
Laszlo’s website
Laszlo’s Paul Anka portrait
HDR Podcast #59

Assignments on the bulletin board:
January 2009 photo assignment – Warm and Cozy

Thanks as always to  Steven K,  Susan, Michael Van der Tol, landon9720, Yisehaq, Frank and Gary H who posted a blog comment about our last podcast and to all the new members of the bulletin board.

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Tags: ambient light, flash, Laszlo, panning, photography, portrait

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Where the Ocean Meets the Sky

Calm image from a moving bus

Oh how this calm photograph is deceptive! You’d think it was taken carefully and leisurely and this is not at all the case. The truth is, is that it was taken through the window of a bus moving quickly down a rocky road. The only important thing done to this photograph in post was straightening as it was a good 25 degrees away from being ’straight’. Exif data – F10 1/1250 ISO 640

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