Dynaphos studio was transformed into a 5-hour set for a portrait photoshoot with two models
Dozens of photographers participated in the event With Sony in Hand, which transformed the large studio of Dynaphos into a shooting set for portraits of two models for 5 hours. The girls posed in front of various Sony lenses in two setups, each with a single light, which portrait photographer Vihur Laskov - Vihro built for the initial instructional demonstration.
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He positioned the lights in such a way as to create multiple options for achieving an effect.
"It helps that they are continuous lighting, not flash. And the other thing is that one light has a Beauty Dish on it, which gives soft light. And the other has a standard reflector, which gives sharper light," explained Vihro.
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However, he emphasized that in both setups, you can achieve the light from the opposite: that is, in the one with softer light, you can get sharp light, although not as sharp as in the other with sharp light.
"Whether the light is sharp or soft is pure physics and depends on how large the light source is compared to the object it illuminates," added Vihro.
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According to him, if we want to make the model more sharply lit in the soft light setup, we simply need to move the model further away.
"We lose a lot of light by doing this. But modern cameras, especially Sony's, can afford to shoot at higher sensitivities without any problem. Moreover, their lenses are super fast, so there's no problem in allowing ourselves to lose that light. The quality of the photo doesn't suffer; it simply gives us many shooting possibilities," insisted the photographer, who lectured for the first time this year at the MADEPRO conference in Pomorie.
Since both setups were built around white walls and directed towards white walls – if we go to the sharp setup and turn the model with their back to the light and their face to the white wall, the lighting automatically becomes soft, the photographer further explained. He recounted, and later everyone was able to see for themselves while experimenting with the light, that it is precisely with light that a different sense of the model's mood can be achieved – more sluggish, more portrait-like, or more dramatic. Vihro also suggested that for the impact of the shots, the black curtains and black panels in our studio can be used to make the background darker and the shadows deeper.
The photographers who attended his event with us tested Vihro's shared experience for hours with Sony cameras and lenses, which Dynaphos specially provided for them. Some of the equipment can be viewed in detail in the related products column next to this article, and the full list can be found in the information about the event on Facebook. They asked him about the capabilities of the equipment, the lighting, as well as communication with the model. And more:
"They asked me how to achieve certain effects by adding new lights, which is not necessary, because it can be achieved without adding any," Vihur Laskov emphasized.
You can learn more about his experience on his website, and details about his personal story as a portrait and nude photographer will be available in the Photographers category of our blog.
The photos for this article are by Dilyana Gergova.
