I took this shot for fellow friend, art director and podcaster Sylvain Grand’Maison about a month ago. Sylvain produces an extremely successful French podcast here in Quebec that features great podsafe music,‚ great artists and does it all while drinking great beer and talking about social media and podcasting.
Sylvain needed some photography done so we got together for a few hours and clicked the shutter. He specifically had a concept in mind and we focused mainly on his concept (can’t talk about it yet). After the shoot though, we also took some casual shots and many of them came out quite nice including this one.
Sylvain Grand’Maison
Sylvain’s blond hair and eyes came out really well against this black background and both he and I really dig this shot. In terms of lighting, I used a Quantum flash in an umbrella at 45 degrees and a reflector on the opposite site. I did a bit of softening on his body and added some glow to his hair in post so that his face is the most striking element in the shot. Exif data is 1/80 at F-7.0 ISO 400 at 75mm.
. No flash was used and about 5 minutes of post-processing was done on this one. I really like the intense concentration on the kid’s face. She’s on a mission. I also like the duck in the background looking at what’s goin’ on. I think the duck is envious of all those sweet cheerios! As always, when photographing children it’s best to get a parent’s permission, which I did. If you wanted to sell a shot like this, you’d need a model release.
