Hi there,

This was a really tricky shoot for me as I was pretty limited in the space I could use in the home office. I wanted to create a silhouette with just a little bit of light on Oisin’s face, I am a huge fan Albert Watson, so he was my influence for this image.

I had three speedlites on the backdrop to create the white backdrop. I had a small snoot on a 45 degree angle on Oisin’s face. The hardest part was getting Oisin to stay still on the same spot, long enough for me to adjust the light to adjust the right angle and distance. Having Oisin’s chin as a silhouette really helps the overall look. I asked Oisin to take his top off as his jumper was too lumpy for the image

This makes a huge difference to the overall look but if I was shooting an actual person(!), I would ask them to wear skin tight clothes or a polo neck .

This image could work really well with a blue or orange gel on Oisin’s light. The contrast with the white backdrop would work really well. In this case, I wanted the image to almost pass as a black and white image but is in full colour.