Professional Photographer - USA (2019-12)

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ON THE COVER

A MASTER, THE STUDY OF NAMES

Kyudong Kim

Incheon Family Photo

Incheon, South Korea

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LOCATION:Studio

PHOTOGRAPHER’S NOTE:Koreans are intrigued

by the meaning of a person’s name, says Kim,

and the subject runs a business catering to

those interests. “Can a name really determine

the fate of a person?” asks Kim. “His soft, con-

vincing eyes shook my conviction.”

CAMERA & LENS:Nikon D800, AF-S Nikkor

70-200mm f/2.8 ED VR II lens

EXPOSURE: 1/160 second at f/4.5, ISO 100

LIGHTING: The main light was a Hyundai

Photonix Lime 800w with a 60x80cm soft box.

The background light was a Hyundai Photonix

Lime 800w with barn doors.

POST-CAPTURE: He used Imagenomic

Portraiture for skin retouching and made

adjustments to create the look with Adobe

Camera Raw and Nik Collection Color Efex Pro.

LIGHTING DIAGRAM

MAIN LIGHT

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