These portraits of the lovely Francesca were inspired by the great portrait photographers show's I saw yesterday in Paris, the fab Annie Leibowitz and the elegant Mr. Richard Avedon.These two are the masters of the simple and pared down portrait with the focus on the subject. I am so use to doing portraits in chaotic situations on location surrounded by people and literally grabbing the shot I decided it would be fun to create a couple of studio portraits of my own. Using a simple black background and a direct flash with a grid angled left of camera from high above powered down to 1/4 and a second highlight flash behind the lovely Francesco powered down to 1/64 these are the results. There is something to be said for the calm of working in your own space... thanks for the inspiration.
