Harold "Kekoa" Bayang

I had the pleasure of working with Harold "Kekoa" Bayang back in March who was patient enough to put up with my "distressed look" concept. The idea of this shoot was to light mostly the mask of the face and suggest a gritty,dirty, "just got out of a bad situation" look. I was hoping for explosion and fire in the background but hey, this was shot in my basement so I'll take what I can. I had to apply a bit of make-up to give it the black eye, bloody cut on the forehead, sprinkle some water on the face for sweat effect. Next time I have to use corn syrup perhaps for fake blood. Over all, it was a fun and creative experience. Thanks Harold.

Nikon D700 Second Test

Here's another test shot from the D700.

Main light beauty dish 11 o'clock camera left
Hair light SB-80DX 1 o'clock back camera right
Background light SB-80DX low between subject and background
Reflector low on the ground in front of subject
Image captured as JPEG since my old version of Camera Raw does not open up
D700 NEF files. May have to upgrade software and hardware ( oh boy! )

Nikon D700 Test

I just got my D700 last Friday and here is my first test shot with an exercise on short lighting.
f4.5 1/40 ISO 400 50mm available window light only.




Here's a pullback shot to show the distance of the bust from the window.