Posts Tagged “london portraits”
She modelled many times in her younger years and has now decide to get back into it and wanted to concentrate on an indoor studio look and RDA Photography was only too happy to help out. So for this shoot we had one hour. My favourite go-to light set-up is the overhead beauty dish…
Painting Portraits – I just completed an edit of a portrait I did recently at my local church in Kew. It was taken using the Lastolite Urban Collapsable background. I have been working on a project for 19 months now using the background but for this portrait I wanted a classic painting look so I…
I finally got the chance to try out the Lastolite Urban Background and wow what a piece of kit it is. I have been using seamless paper but not a fan of the whole set-up – it took too long and took up way too much space – not good for clients on both counts. I…
Shawnie, an up and coming model from Bournemouth wanted to up-date her portfolio before she heads to the bright lights of London. So a shoot on the beach to me sounded perfect. Ok perfect for me, the sun was out, she wore a fitted short dress and a stunning red coat, I wore thermals and…
I generally head to New York in the hot summer months, but always wanted to see the city at Christmas. New York at Christmas is cold but very magical, especially with the children, just seeing their faces light up – it’s what Christmas is all about. Of course we had to see the Rockettes at…
I shoot tethered when I can: camera hooked up to my laptop when shooting with light. I love to see my shot on a bigger screen and so do my clients – I just love the instant feedback, but this takes power. Power on my Mac lasts about 4 to 5 hours when shooting with…
When you photograph most subjects, getting the colours 100% accurate isn’t usually critical, and if you shoot on Auto White Balance, nine times out 10 your digital will do a pretty good job of getting the white balance roughly right, so that whites actually look white, blacks look black, and all the colours in between…