Happy New Year! I thought I would use this little bit of free time and throw up some photos from last week’s test shoot that I did down at Smash Photo Lab in Long Beach.  I teamed up with Janet Pippins (makeup artist) from San Diego and Yarley Arauz (Model) from LA and set up a few looks for potential portfolio display.

I kept these very simple and wanted to stay as clean as possible. For you photographers that read my little slice of web-land… I used no more than 2 lights on any of these. The first couple beauty shots were lit primarily from camera left, with a little fill light fired in on camera right. The red couch shots were ring flash only. The last one was done using my right flash as well… but this time, I put the light up on a boom and fired it about 45 degrees down, straight in front of the model. The ring flash becomes a beauty dish at that point and gives you that familiar “butterfly” shadow under the nose.

Anyway… I hope you enjoy the photos. As always, feel free to contact me with any questions and/or leave comments below. Have a safe and happy new year!!