Head shots for a female Reverend any suggestions??

Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM

04/02/2008 07:46:07 PM · #1

I was shooting some head shots for a model the other day and I saw her today and she asked me if I would take head shots of her mother for the church book that goes home with the congregation when they are new to the church. I said I would be delighted and as I was coming home I thought to myself how in Heavens name do I take head shots of a reverend. (I'm sure the same as any other subject, with my camera) I wanted to try and do something different and not make her look stuffy like the last guy so I thought this is the place to ask for help.

So I'm all ears and any help would be great. I'll bet that I'm not the first person on this site to take head shots of some one from the church.

Thank you in advance.

MAX!

dwterry

Canon EOS-1D Mark III

04/02/2008 07:57:25 PM · #2

Have the reverend in front of the organ pipes or the pulpit or some other recognizably-church-oriented background. Manually set your exposure for available light (the background), then use off-camera flash in TLL mode(45 degrees over, and above the head) to light the reverend. Shoot with a large enough distance and aperture that the background is out of focus, but still recognizable.

Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM

04/02/2008 09:57:09 PM · #3

Any suggestion as to what lense I should use?

MAX!

dwterry

Canon EOS-1D Mark III

04/02/2008 10:23:39 PM · #4

The one that lets you get the shot? ;-)

My 24-70 2.8 and 70-200 2.8L lenses are my two most lenses. For a headshot, I'm far more likely to use the 70-200, just so that I don't have to invade the subject's private space to get the shot. But either of them would do, really...

04/02/2008 10:28:20 PM · #5

Cool thank you I have a 70-200 2.8 and do use it most of the time for head shots I don't know why I would change that now. Wanted to try something new, but if aint broke don't fix it.

MAX!