Look, no reflections!

Did just a very quick test on avoiding reflections on glasses... also having one of the strobes light the model from almost directly behind.



See tips at the end of this post.

My first model

Laura came over for a quick photo shoot today. We only had about an hour, and as this was the first time working with a model (apart from Miles), I just concentrated on getting acceptable, straight-forward shots. Fancy lighting practise will come later.





With this experience under my belt, next time I will feel more relaxed and... errr... "experienced" ;-) The poses were all Laura's ideas with hardly any direction from my part. I am going to go through a lot of portraits in books and on-line in order to get some ideas for poses, so that I can actually direct my model next time.