The Canon Magazine 15

SHOOT WITH A PRO

LEANNE’S COMMENT

Rebecca showed me how you can utilize your
subject in an open front door way! Using this
method you can get nicely lit portraits in any home. Here
we asked Chantelle to step back into the doorway until
there wasn’t any ‘top light’ and ugly shadows. Usually
hallways indoors are darker compared to people’s skin tones, so you end
with dark backgrounds and bright faces. We shot at an angle so the darker
wood panels behind created a more contrasting background.

HOT

SHOT

Lens Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 USM

Exposure 1/125 sec, f/2, ISO

THE APERTURE

OF CHOICE

“I LIKE to shoot with a really wide

aperture on prime lenses for clear

separation from the surroundings for

models to stand out,” says Rebecca.

“Leanne was using her Canon EF

50mm f/1.4 lens and advised to avoid

shooting wide open at f/1.4 as image

quality can suffer, plus by shooting

around f/2 you get better sharpness

across the frame. At this point it also

doesn’t matter if your focus isn’t

100% spot on the eyes or head.”