Smoke Free

The assignment was to shoot a series of portraits for Smoke Free Florence. These images would be used for TV commercials and billboards. I worked with Kerry Floyd from Media Source 1.

Kerry envisioned dramatic b/w portraits against a black background. We decided to use a large source of light with very little fill. I positioned a large Chimera to camera left very close to the subject. A medium Chimera was boomed over the camera to provide minimal fill. We boomed a small Chimera over the subject to provide a separation light. Finally, I used a small negative fill panel on camera right very close to the subject. I shot these with a Canon 5DII and a 70-200 f/2.8 lens.

Here are a few of the finals:

Large Format Film

While most of my work requires digital capture, I still love to shoot film, preferably large format - 8x10 and 11x14. A few months ago, I photographed Boot Arreola for SC Living magazine. After shooting the digitals for the client, I set up my 11x14 Deardorff and shot six sheets of 8x10 Tri-X.

For lighting, I used a large Chimera from camera left and a beauty dish with 30 degree grid over the camera for fill. I also bounced one head into the ceiling for a slight fill on the guitars in the background.

Here is a behind the scenes photo:





Here is the final image: