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Shooting a Basic Head Shot / Teenager portrait

There are many decisions to make when creating a headshot.

You can decide to shoot indoors or outdoors, to use available or artificial lighting (or a combination of both), or to position your subject in front of an available or custom background.

The possibilities can be as broad as your imagination.


This lesson examines some basic camera and lighting techniques for an indoor location headshot.

(Most images can be clicked for an enlarged view.)

Topics Covered:

  • Creating a simple portrait set on location
  • Setting image quality and resolution in a digital camera for optimal prints
  • Manual camera setting techniques
  • Shooting with an Olympus E-20 digital camera
  • Using lighting ratios to knock out the background naturally
  • Experimenting with different poses and outfits

Equipment Used:

Camera/Media

  • Olympus E-20 digital camera
  • Olympus 128MB SmartMedia cards
  • Olympus USB SmartMedia reader
  • Manfrotto 3036 with a 3039 head

  
 

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