Portrait of T. - #portraitcontest entry

This beautiful mother of one came to me looking to have something of an empowerment photo session. She's not a model, but 4 years after becoming a very young mom, she wanted some nice photos of herself.

As the great Sue Bryce likes to say : "exist in photographs!"

When T showed me the types of photos she wanted, I was SO excited! Classic lighting, black & white, lots of skin but classy, not sexy.

For these I used a very simple lighting style. Two square softboxes stacked (as there were some full body shots as well) camera left at about a 45 degree angle, slightly above her eye level. Clean, simple, striking. We both loved the results.

When I saw that the Portrait Contest this week would be B&W portaits, I knew I wanted to hunt down these shots and use one. I had mixed feelings going through them as this was the very last shoot that I did in my beloved studio in Kelowna before I packed up and moved to Victoria, quitting professional photography. Seems like a good note to quit on, eh?

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Category	portraitphotography
Settings	ISO 100 70 mm f/2.8 1/150
Camera	Canon 5D mIII
Lens	Canon EF 24-70 f/2.8L v.1
Location	Kelowna, Canada

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