Thursday, January 29, 2009

"Confidence"

"Confidence"
©David A. Ziser

I've been photographing this young lady since she was 13 years old. I originally photographed her Bat Mitzvah back in my film days. Her parents ask that I take her senior portrait too. This was her favorite from the session. She has long since graduated high school and college and as long as I have known her she has been confident and known what she has wanted. This image is strangely reminiscent of one I posted last week entitled, "Emerging Manhood." That's because last week's image was of her younger brother. The image was made in my studio with only one light, a Paul Buff White Lightning strobe inside a Westcott halo with a 36 inch silver reflector opposite the main light to fill the shadows. This is my studio lighting setup of choice. Camera specs; Nikon D1x fitted with 24-135mm lens at 70mm, F5.6 @ 1/50 second, ISO 200. Enjoy! -David

6 comments:

  1. Awesome! Love the look of total confidence, you captured it. You make creating a beautiful photo look so easy, a talent I hope to have one day. I am still working at my talent's.

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  2. The instant your page loaded I gasped and said "I LOVE that portrait." Brian F

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  3. This is one of the best portraits I've ever seen. Yet, it was achieved with such a simple setup.

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  4. Definately one of my favorite portraits. I like the simple light set up too!

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  5. And you lit the camera-side of the nose! :)

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  6. The moment I saw your portrait, it reminded me of my daughter. She knew what she wanted to be in life since elementary school, and worked hard towards her goal.
    Excellent work David!!!

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