Photobin: Aris

Aris or Aristotle loves to be photographed. One day, he came by our shop and brought some pull-outs fresh from a copy of GQ. He wanted the photos to look like the ads on the magazine.

"I can't do exact copies," I said. "We can play around and see what happens though. Come back Thursday."

So, come back he did, thus, these three photos below are some of the layouts from the shoot. :)


#1 Strobist info: One Vivitar 283 bounced silver umbrella camera left perched on a stand. Photoshop: Curves, Color Balance, Dodge/Burn

#2 Strobist info: One Vivitar 283 bounced silver umbrella camera right and slightly behid the subject perched on a stand. Photoshop: Curves, Channels, Color Balance, Softening Action

#3 Strobist info: One Vivitar 283 on camera left and high above subject perched on a stand. No diffussion. Photoshop: Curves, Channels, Color Balance, Dodge/Burn and some USM

Photography by: Ryan Macalandag
Location: Tagbilaran City, Bohol
Equipment: Canon EOS 350D, kit lens, Vivitar 283, light stand, umbrella
Subject: Aris

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Photobin: Antonio

Antonio, originally uploaded by ryanmacalandag.

Quick Portraits -- During a 60's party organized by a group of friends, I tried the new Nikon d40 brought by Beatrice. Always the every-ready strobist, I had brought with me my lighting kit - a Vivitar 283, light stand and umbrella - and shot quickie portraits with everyone.

Strobist info: (camera right) One Vivitar 283 bounced to a silver umbrella mounted on a lightstand. Trigerred optically.

Post-processing info: levels, color-balance, dodge/burn, selective coloring

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