Model Shoot with Leigha

Hey all. These next few shots are of a friend of mine named Leigha. I swear the camera just loves her. She is a joy to work with. Takes direction well and knows how to improvise to get the best shot. All these shots were taken around town in Raleigh. The weather and lighting was perfect. All these shots were taken with available light.

When taking photos of people the one thing you need to remember is, Make sure the eyes are in focus. If the eyes are out of focus the shot is a bust. Everything hinges on the eyes. Everything. Luckily Leigha knows exactly where to look every time. It’s nice having a model not shy about staring straight into the lens.

Most of the shots taken this day where taken with the Canon 50mm 1.8 prime lens. When shooting models I almost always shoot wide open. I feel this adds a nice feel to the photo by creating a little drama an atmosphere with all the focus on the models eyes. Again it’s all in the eyes. 

This shot was one of the few taken with the Canon 17-40mm L series lens. I love this lens for the full body shots. This lens lets you get really creative in the angles you can get. This is not the lens you would want to use for up close portrait shots… most of the time. If you need to use a wide lens like this for close up work be sure you have the lens extended to the longest focal length or you’ll just end up distorting the models features. Now don’t get me wrong, sometimes that can create a very surreal and interesting shot, but not very flattering.

This shot is another case of being in the right place at the right time and having the perfect model. While walking around town there was an empty lot with this killer brick wall. Yeah I know it’s a bit cliché but, the lighting was perfect. The sun was actually behind the brick wall. But it was reflecting off the building behind me creating these great spotlights on the wall. Leigha just jumped right in and started to shine. This pose was all her. I absolutely love it.

Now this is the last shot and is the one that really made the day. There was this dirty, ragged orange cone laying nearby so Leigha grabbed it and struck this amazing pose with it. This was the last shot of the day and was a “One Off” shot. For some reason I only snapped the shutter once. I really love the attitude she is giving the camera. Sometimes it’s those spontaneous shots that can really make a day of walking around town totally worth the effort.

Well all I really hope you like these shots. I would like to thank Leigha for her patience and professionalism during this shoot. Pure magic.

Peace.

Comments

[Henrik]

Very nice shots! I like how you arranged Leigha in your shots. Well done both of you!