Aaron's Eyes

Claire McAdams

Aaron's Eyes

This is a shot from Aarons second headshot session we did today. He got his hair cut and he grew out some facial hair a bit. I adore this shot of him and wanted to share this lighting setup because it worked magic on him…I am sure plenty of people have figured this out already but it is kind of new for me so yeah.

I stood on a chair since Aaron is pretty tall and I wanted to be eye level or a little higher than him. I had my softbox turned horizontal above and behind me pretty much putting light almost straight down on his face. I then I had my oval reflector right under his face to bounce the light back into his eyes. It created smooth lighting onto his face while still having depth. The background is a white background very lightly lit with a back light but I had Aaron stand so far from the background it appears gray/blue.

Aaron's Eyes belongs to the following groups:

Fashion and Editorial Photography
Aaron's Eyes by Claire McAdams
  • bites

    bites

    This is so clean beautiful job!!!

  • Hoffard

    Hoffard

    Very intense eyes! Great photo!

  • gordontant

    gordontant

    Brilliant Claire

  • Will Barton

    Will Barton

    The lighting is perfect Claire! His eyes have come out so well and they’re really quite vibrant and full of life, perfect.

  • GerryMac

    GerryMac

    Such a clear sharp tonal balance image, well done Claire!

  • Mark German

    Mark Germancommunity host

    Wonderful portrait, and you nailed the lighting, Claire.

  • David Barnes

    David Barnes

    Bold, forthright portrait Claire! Well done.

  • Judith Oppenheimer

    Judith Oppenhe...

    strong compelling portrait

  • Alexander Gitlits

    Alexander Gitlits

    Fantastic job

  • Sharon Perrett

    Sharon Perrett

    Stunning Claire,beautiful pic, Aaron is gorgeous :)), you did a wonderful job, perfect skin tones, perfect lighting, just all round perfect :))

  • jerry  alcantara

    jerry alcantara

    good portrait! you shot it well!

  • photofanatic

    photofanatic

    great shot

  • moltencrayons

    moltencrayons

    I can neither match this young man’s singular physical beauty, nor his vitally intent expression, with any of the words I know, or have ever heard… yet you have done so with a click of the shutter, lighting, and skill.

  • Melissa Contreras

    Melissa Contreras

    Perfect lighting and composition. I just love this shot. So angelic looking and beautiful. I am very interested in Portrait Photography and this is an inspiration.

  • Kaitlyn Porterfield

    Kaitlyn Porter...

    oh baby :D

    beautiful :]

  • FaithAmor

    FaithAmor

    wow.
    he’s beautiful.

  • Lauren Marr

    Lauren Marr

    oh whoa! with eyes like that he can have anything he likes! beautiful shot!

  • Alecs Lindsay

    Alecs Lindsay

    excellent shot, and love the tutorial…

  • Gabby87

    Gabby87

    WOW…..................................................... Nice shot and nice work and he’s very very cute too!!!!
    =D

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