Claire Nicholls | Portrait Selections | MB Photography in Halton Hills

Claire came over a week ago and we shot in the mini-studio.  We went stripped down with a single 28" apollo softbox providing the light sometimes augmented by a 5:1 reflector to fill in shadow.

When I had first pictured the shoot I was completely sketching ideas around Claire wearing a tank top because when I first met her that's what she was wearing and she had a Starbuck vibe going on.  But then she had to show up with her awesome vest with the hood.  I love hoods so, though we shot the tank top, I really only wanted to stay on the hood.  

This shoot started and ended almost on time!  I like to jibber jabber and Claire indulged my every jibber. :)

My personal favourite image is the last in this series.

Marc LeBlanc | Portrait Selections | MB Photography in Halton Hills

"You kinda got a Nicolas Cage thing going on here, Marc."

"Is that good?"

"You're going to have to tell me, man."

Personally I love this first shot although it is not at all representative of who Marc is - There's no mega-watt smile or good natured crinkle in the eyes, but his eyes are clear and focused and that - to me - is Marc.

We had a mini-studio session last week and Marc brought his sweet guitar with him so we, of course shot that.  In fact, between chatting about guitars, setting up lights, moving lights, moving Marc, moving me we somehow ate up 2 hours and it was a mad dash home for Marc who had obligations to attend to.  Whoops :)  

Everything is shot in front of a white seamless and lit with Westcott's 28" Apollo and a sometime white reflector for fill.  

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Shannon N | Halton Hills Portrait session | MB Photography

Shannon Norton came to the home-studio to have a mini-fashion montage!  Shannon is a bit of a "look junky" (I'm not at all sure if this is a real word, I just don't know how else to term it) so we got to play with some very simple, fun clothing combinations which is always fun.

I lost my beauty dish to thievery a few shoots back so my really simple two light set up was replaced by the ever awesome 7' parabolic umbrella by Westcott and the 28" Medium Apollo for fill. In a small space the 7 foot is a bit challenging because I didn't always want the white seamless to blow out, in fact I more often want a little tone and shadow creeping in. 

Shannon is always great to work with.   We've got an environmental shoot planned in the near future - can't wait for it.