{"id":1757,"date":"2013-12-01T13:41:53","date_gmt":"2013-12-01T21:41:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alanklughammer.com\/info\/?p=1757"},"modified":"2013-12-01T13:41:53","modified_gmt":"2013-12-01T21:41:53","slug":"improvising","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alanklughammer.com\/info\/improvising\/","title":{"rendered":"Improvising"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[quote]The difference between a pro and an amateur is how well they can improvise.[\/quote]<\/p>\n<p>I am working on a series of portraits of Entrepreneurs over 50. Part of the exercise is impromptu location work. In other words, I am not bringing them into the studio, but shooting them on location. For the portrait below, Michael did not want to shoot at his home, yet he wanted a clean, &#8220;friendly&#8221; look{{1}}. I brought my portable, battery powered lights{{2}} to a small empty apartment my landlady let us use. The only blank wall gave me a couple of metres of working distance, so we had to concentrate on head and shoulder images. Building rapport is the most important skill a photographer must have in order to capture good portraits, but the ability to walk into an environment, size it up, and create a photo friendly environment is a close second for a working pro.<\/p>\n<p>This is the result&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/alanklughammer.com\/info\/flagallery\/studio-portraits\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-1768\" src=\"http:\/\/alanklughammer.com\/info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/20131122-AKP_2624-Edit-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"20131122-AKP_2624-Edit\" width=\"478\" height=\"717\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">PS. I seem to like black and white for portraits. They have more dignity, or maybe they just have less distractions&#8230;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>[[1]]I am still not sure if I got a friendly look, but I did capture a part of his personality.[[1]]<\/p>\n<p>[[2]]I have a bunch of standard flashes I use with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.ca\/gp\/product\/B004YTCNJY\/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=15121&amp;creative=390961&amp;creativeASIN=B004YTCNJY&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=alanklughamme-20\">Wireless Flash Triggers<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"http:\/\/ir-ca.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=alanklughamme-20&amp;l=as2&amp;o=15&amp;a=B004YTCNJY\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" \/> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.ca\/gp\/product\/B006MGDHUG\/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=15121&amp;creative=390961&amp;creativeASIN=B006MGDHUG&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=alanklughamme-20\">Soft Boxes<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"http:\/\/ir-ca.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=alanklughamme-20&amp;l=as2&amp;o=15&amp;a=B006MGDHUG\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" \/> . I may have to write an equipment post one of these days&#8230;[[2]]<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[quote]The difference between a pro and an amateur is how well they can improvise.[\/quote] I am working on a series of portraits of Entrepreneurs over 50. Part of the exercise is impromptu location work. In other words, I am not bringing them into the studio, but shooting them on location. 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