Being the photographer in the family, I get the call to provide photos of everything from a quick snapshot of the backyard vegetable garden to environmental portraits for an up-coming newspaper story. Such was the case last week for my wife Kim, who will soon have her "Local Girl Comes Back Home Story" published in a special newspaper section of the local paper. They wanted photos of her at work at the local radio station.
I feel honored to have been able to be the photographer to make some images of her, rather than the paper's shooter. I knew my efforts would result in more comfortable, natural poses for Kim. I know it can be hard to look "relaxed" in front of a total stranger with a camera blasting away. Plus she had post shoot editing privileges, which further put her at ease. Off to the radio station we went.
So, I set up a two-light rig, with the main shooting through an umbrella and the second light kicking in some fill and hair highlights with a blue filter over the flash head.
The top image is her favorite and then my favorite shot below for fun which is also her personality on air!
