Hi there,

So, continuing with yesterday’s theme, I wanted to see how much space I could use in a photograph and whether I could shoot full length images in the office at home.

I exchanged the 85mm lens for a 50mm so I could photograph a wider image.

My backdrop consisted of some floorboards I purchased last year from B&Q. They were then glued together to a sheet of wood.

They are heavy but handy backdrops! I used them last year when I was shooting the Down Syndrome Calendar pro bono in Rathfarnham and they worked a treat.

I put the beauty dish with a honey comb grid in the centre as my main light and placed it high enough over Oisin at a 45 degree angle on a C stand. I had first used a large soft box but it through out too much light so I exchanged if for the dish instead.

I lowered it a little so his eyes were well lit and didn’t have much eyebrow shadow. I liked that the light was not too soft or too hard, like porridge it was just right!

*You can see the position of the lights in Oisin’s eyes. The strip light helps light the guitar!*

I then placed a strip light on the ground in front of Oisin to soften the shadows and also to give the bottom half of the image some exposure.

Photographing your own kids is not easy on any day, but on day 12, I sense this may not go on for too much longer! We shall see!