I was shooting a couple of short films this weekend and got to take some standard “head shots” of a couple of the cast. The intention here was to create standard “casting” portraits for applying for acting work, but this was very impromptu: shooting outdoors, in harsh bright sun, at the end of a relatively lengthy film shoot with the wind picking up! The harsh sun created shadows that were filled using a 580EXII flash bounced off a white Foam-Core reflector, and I used a Foam-Core black reflector to provide an impromptu “studio” backdrop.
Leonard Low is a photographer and film maker currently based in Canberra, Australia, specialising in portrait and event photography, and digital High Definition cinematography.