“When you photograph people in colour, you photograph their clothes. But when you photograph people in Black and White, you photograph their souls!” - Ted Grant
In these days of bright digital super saturated colours, black and white photography has a simple classic timeless elegance. We believe that using just 250 shades of grey brings out the true character of the person. Here is a selection of portraits that capture that character!
Limited natural light in a dark stairwell
Natural Light Reflected
Classic Rembrandt lighting with natural daylight
Half Clamshell lighting with tri-reflector underneath
Back lit with sun and front silver reflector
Test shoot for portfolio
From my talk to the RPS... full on Beauty Dish
Half Clam light top with tri-reflector underneath.
Side Loop Softbox with Silver Reflector fill.
Classic 45 x 45 lighting... with Honeycomb hair light.
An an experiment with "Criminal Lighting"
Half clam lighting with under Silver Tri-Reflector
Soft outdoor flat light
Large 1m Softbox with Silver Reflector and backdrop light
Half Clamshell lighting with Silver Tri-Reflector underneath
Centred Beauty Dish with backdrop halo lighting
Centred Beauty Dish with backdrop halo lighting
One from my competition "Laugh" entry on Purpleport.com
Walk through 90 degree Sandwich lighting or Badger lighting with 2 strio softboxes.
One Honeycomb spot on low power.
Silver Umbrella... main and silver reflector with halo light in backdrop.
Daylight balanced fluorescent sofboxes. One set for main light and the other background and fill.
High key: large softbox and secondary fill light. Backdrop set to blow to white.
Double aspect natural lighting from Georgian full length windows.
Classic 45 x 45 lighting. Large softbox with second Softbox hair light
One Honeycomb spot
Four light set-up with softbox and beauty dish front and two aimed at model from behind to give a soft rim light.
Large 1m softbox with black bounce and round honeycomb set to backdrop.
Location Portrait for 90th Birthday
Large softbox with backdrop light.
Classic 45 x 45 with Large softbox main and Hair light. Extra backdrop light to lift model from backdrop.
Full on large softboxes left and right... shadowless lighting.
Large softbox with hairlight and honeycomb backdrop light.
Moody side lighting with 70cm softbox.
Model placed against large softbox and then another softbox set to balance the backdrop...plus wind machine.
Large Georgian window with gold reflector.
Large softbox as main. Honeycomb hair light and round halo fill on backdrop.
Three light setup. Softbox and Beauty Dish front... main and fill. Plus long softbox set high and horizontal above.
Large softbox as main and silver reflector fill.
Large softbox at 45 degrees
Large 1m softbox and secondary 70cm fill softbox.
Large 1 m softbox set low to allow for shadow of hat. Honey comb set as rim light and second honeycomb to light behind model.
One beauty dish and honey comb behind for the halo effect.
Large 1m softbox with honeycomb rear side kicker light.
Semi-Butterfly lighting with large softbox set high front.
Semi-Butterfly lighting with large softbox set high front.
Natural light... shot under tree canopy.
Four light set-up. Main and fill softboxes front at 45 degrees and two rear light set to aim at model, also 45 degrees.
Just one honeycomb top left aimed at model and a large circular silver reflector in front to direct light back to model.
Two honeycombs aim back down at model and a silver reflector set in front the catch light and aim back at eyes.
High Key backdrop lighting with one softbox front to add depth.
Large softbox 45 degrees front with Two honeycombs set to provide kicker lights.
Softbox front with reflector fill.
One small softbox 70 cm set high 45 dregrees.
Daylight balanced fluorescent lights.. set to add the natural lighting.
Medium Softbox with Beauty dish and shower cap set to be fill light.
Side lighting for model and backdrop with two softboxes.
