When I first started this blog I thought I'd talk about how things go down behind the scenes at work. I haven't done too much of that yet. So here goes something along those lines.
My boss came to me and said that we needed a photo of the editor, Liz Rogers, for the new Living in Washington magazine. They wanted something more than a head shot, which we used for the first 3 issues. I don't consider myself a portrait photographer but I had quite a few classes in that subject at the Art Institute of Pittsburgh. I first attempted to shoot some photos of her outside with a pleasant yet simple background. I failed quite misreably. The more I gave it thought, the more I realized how stupid a photo of her would look with a summery scene behind her in an issue realesed in the middle of winter. The next idea was to somehow shoot the photo in the office. That's when my brain turned on and I came up with the idea to use this small, glass block privacy room as a background. I went to Michael's and bought some materials to construct a gel filter to put over the studio light that I placed in the room shining out. I used a regular flash and a fill card to light her. Anyway, the photo turned out better than I thought it would. Here's an exclusive sneak peak look at the photo.
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