Conceptual and Experimental Portraits

[DanielScott]

Share some of your more conceptual, experimental or editorial style portraits here. Feel free to include backstory or context as well if you want to.

This is from a shoot that I did with a previous roommate of mine as the model. I was inspired by a visual I had seen in a music video that incorporated large mirrors, but I didn't have any mirrors big enough to use for a shoot. Instead I ordered reflective mylar and attached it to large insulation boards that I had gotten from Home Depot. Initially I had intended to stretch the mylar to make it flat, but as I was building the set I found that I preferred the way it looked when the mylar was wavy and loose.

Shot using an original Canon 5D with a Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 lens. Lit using two Neewer C300 strobes with only color gels for modifiers.

 

[Bambers]

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Shot with 7D and 100L. Lit with a blue gelled speedlight onto grey backdrop paper.

 

[Bambers]

A double exposure in camera.

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[DanielScott]

A double exposure in camera.

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This looks great!

 

[joayne]

A double exposure in camera.

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That's pretty remarkable, Clare..
how?

 

[Bambers]

That's pretty remarkable, Clare..
how?

It’s one of the settings available in the 5D3. You take the portrait with a white background. I took it against a white sky. Then you double expose with what you want in the image. It took quite a bit of experimenting to get it right. Just tidied up the background a small amount because I used the sky. If you used a studio backdrop to get white, it would be easier.

 

[Bambers]

This looks great!

Thank you.

 

[Bambers]

Another one using the same technique.

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[Bambers]

I think it works better with darker subjects for the second exposure. To get it to work with a pale orchid, I had to use multiple exposures.

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[West Coast Birder]

I love the concept!

 

[BryWill32669]

A double exposure in camera.

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I'm feeling this one.

 

[Bambers]

I love the concept!

Thank you.

 

[Bambers]

I'm feeling this one.

Thank you. That was my favourite.

 

[jon_karr]

Share some of your more conceptual, experimental or editorial style portraits here. Feel free to include backstory or context as well if you want to.

This is from a shoot that I did with a previous roommate of mine as the model. I was inspired by a visual I had seen in a music video that incorporated large mirrors, but I didn't have any mirrors big enough to use for a shoot. Instead I ordered reflective mylar and attached it to large insulation boards that I had gotten from Home Depot. Initially I had intended to stretch the mylar to make it flat, but as I was building the set I found that I preferred the way it looked when the mylar was wavy and loose.

Shot using an original Canon 5D with a Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 lens. Lit using two Neewer C300 strobes with only color gels for modifiers.
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I really dig this. The waviness definitely adds interest. I also like that you focused on the back of the head instead of the face. Normal "rules" would dictate that you always go for the face - but you absolutely made the right decision here. Also, great color grade.

jonkarr.com

 

[C Scott IV]

The ever elusive photographer! This is a single exposure.