by Damien | Dec 7, 2013 | Continuous Lighting, Flash, Studio
Raw beauty with minimal make up and mostly lit with one light. That’s how I shot this set of images of new model Ellie Rhodes from Gingersnap. I was running a 1:1 training session for a documentary, travel and environmental portrait photographer who wants to...
by Damien | Dec 1, 2013 | Continuous Lighting, Flash, Location, Studio
The X-E2 is the same size as the X100s, shares the same sensor, but has a lens mount enabling the use of the growing range of superb lenses made by Fuji and Zeiss. The X-E2 brings a whole host of new features to the ever expanding Fujifilm X system. Some of the...
by Damien | Nov 25, 2013 | Continuous Lighting, Flash, Location, Studio
Here are the two distinctly different ways that I use my fujifilm X100 with firmware V2. 1. Out and About ~ This is my most common set up and uses aperture priority in conjunction with auto ISO. Here are my settings for that working method… ISO set to 200 Auto...
by Damien | Nov 21, 2013 | Continuous Lighting, Flash, Studio
Every time I get the chance to photograph Wlada Schüler I take it. I’ve shot with her in Berlin, Munich and now Dusseldorf. We have fun, get a little bit crazy and make pictures with simple energy. I was invited to teach my lighting techniques to a group of 50...
by Damien | Nov 1, 2013 | Continuous Lighting, Flash, Location
This was my last UK workshop. After seven years of training and educating the next generation of UK photographers using workshops I’m moving up to teaching dedicated small groups on a 1:1 to 1:4 basis. That way, we can shoot the best models in the best locations...
by Damien | Oct 26, 2013 | Flash, Location
This is how I light some of my street portraits using the two point lighting technique that I learned way back in the 1980s while I was training at the BBC. The two point light principle is simplicity itself with the subject being lit from two opposing directions with...
