Hands by the Face

This has been a "Personal Project" of mine ever since getting into Portraiture.
It came from the study of Alfred Steglitz and the portraits he did of his wife Georgia Okeefe.

Ernst

Very nice. Love the two lighting source result.

Lovely light indeed! Would you mind sharing your setup?

Thanks guys.

Crystal, Pretty simple set up. Main Softbox camera right at a 45% angle, back edge at his shoulders and then feathered. Two strip lights in the background on each side. Reflector on camera left.

My guess was close, just missed the strip lights :)
Thank You!

Love this shot, your lighting is lovely. Thanks for mentioning Alfred Steglitz, just looked him up on Wikipedia.

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Great shot Ernst...May I ask what lens you used and subject distance to BG?
The light is very good:thumbup:

Fantastic. Wonderful lighting and interesting looking subject.

Thanks everyone.

Richard, In my opinion Alfred Steglitz is the most important person in American Art History. And not just becuase he himself was a photographer.

Michael, I pretty much use a 28-70 f2.8 in my studio and pretty much keep it at the 70mm postion. The subject is about 4 ft from the backdrop.

Fantastic portrait. If you don't mind me asking..haha..how far away are you from the subject?