I was asked to create a portrait of Boot Arreola. Boot builds custom guitars - acoustic and electric - in all shapes, sizes, and from many types of wood. In Boot's store, he creates these works of art in a workshop in the back of the store. He has a showroom up front. Minutes before we produced this image, he was working at a saw in the back. When I had the lighting set up, he brushed away the sawdust on his clothing and stepped on to the set. A few minutes later, he was back in the work area, creating another beautiful guitar.
The main light was a large Chimera on camera left. Fill came from a 22" white beauty dish with a 30 degree grid. I also positioned another head on camera left behind the main light and bounced it into the white ceiling to give a little light to the guitars in the background.
The camera was the Canon 5dII with a 70-200mm f/2.8 lens.
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