Tag Archive for: portrait

Photoshoot in Bulgaria, Plovdiv Old Town / ブルガリアの街並みでポートレート撮影

Finally after long time this winter I managed to go back to my home country Bulgaria and do some photoshoots there too! So here is the a BTS article of one of them, well probably one of my first shoots! I'm having info of the gear I have been using and some of the final shots in the end of the article! Also I am having a making video for the photoshoot, make sure you check it out and also subscribe to my YouTube channel!
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Gear: Canon EF 24mm f/1.4 L II USM Lens

Many of you guys know that my signature and favorite lens is the Canon EF 135mm F/2, but actually there is another one that I really love, and for most of my photoshoots I go with just that 2 lenses! The second one is Canon EF 24mm F/1.4 lens! Yeah, is is a wide angle prime lens! It has very little distortions, not that this matters a lot for what I am shooting lol, and it has really great

RoundFlash™ Ring & Dish / ラウンドフラッシュ™ リング & ディッシュ

RoundFlash – RingLight & SoftBox is a really cool modifier, I've been using as a main light quite a lot for my recent photoshoots! It's very handy easy to setup, and has really beautiful light especially for closeups! I also use it just as a softbox when I'm outside! Well, I have a few videos and a lot of shots taken with it, check them out below! Some things to mention about it! ラウンドフラッシュ
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Location: Nakatsu / 中津 & 高架下 大阪の消えていくロケ

Recently a lot of old cool locations fantastic for photography have been disappearing from Osaka and the areas, being renewed and now having now buildings there! Nakatsu is one of them! There used to be a lot of cool spots for photoshooting an the undergrounds around the station, but unfortunately now they are not accessible! I often shoot at the night view just next to the
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Single Shoot-Through Umbrella / 透過アンブレラ 一本だけで ポートレート

Portraits with a single Shoot Through Umbrella used When I want to be really quick with my setup, this is what I am doing! Shoot-though umbrella is one of the things I definitely have with me all the time, ready to be used! It's very quick…
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Portraits with Back Light / バックライト ポートレート 逆光

Portraits with Back Light used only Shooting with a back light as a main light can be really fun thing to do, but it is also very tricky way to shoot portraits such you really need some experience using lighting, and knowledge on how light…
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Night Portraits / 夜景ポートレート

Night Portraits Here is an article I've wanted to post for long time! It is for portraiture at night, but I will not put setups for all of the photos in the gallery! Well, it is actually more a kind of gallery with photos taken at night! Generally…
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Natural Light Portraits / 自然光ポートレート

Natural Light Portraits Hey, I guess the image that I have for using strobes and artificial lighting on my photographs is quite strong, and I think it's normal, but to be honest quite often I do rely on Natural Light to shoot portraits! Yeah,…

Shooting it: Rocky Beach Long exposure strobist portrait

Here are some shots from the type of locations that really make me very excited! For this article I will be doing some long exposure strobist lighting, in order to get some more dramatic look! The model is on a rock and not really able to move too much! Also I am having a making video for the photoshoot, make sure you check it out and also subscribe to my YouTube channel!

Gear: Tokina 19-35mm f/3.5-4.5 Can you shoot with a crappy lens?

Tokina 19-35mm f/3.5-4.5 - the "Crappy lens - good photography" project! Have you heard of this Tokina 19-35mm lens? Haha, I guess not, I didn't know it as well! To be honest it's not even a Full Frame camera lens! With this article I wanna…

Gear: Sigma AF 17-70mm f/2.8-4.5 DC Lens

Sigma AF 17-70mm f/2.8-4.5 DC Here is a small gallery dedicated to another of the lenses I have been using through the years, and this time it is the first vario zoom lens I have used! It's the Sigma 17-70, and I used it on my crop sensor Canon…

Gear: Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II

Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II If you are on a budget and wanna shoot portraits, and I mean you can't even afford the Canon EF 85mm F/1.8, then Canon 50mm 1.8 is the lens for you! It's the cheapest lens you can find! And especially if you are just…

Gear: Canon EF 85mm f/1.8 USM Lens

Canon EF 85mm f/1.8 USM I often advice other photographers to get just one lens, and spend some time with it until you really master it, without even touching a different lens for a while! This time I will be talking about the lenses, Canon…

Shooting it: Portrait in the Stars of opera singer Ayako Tanaka using Profoto B1

Here is a photoshoot with the young Japanese opera singer Ayako Tanaka! We are doing some stars portraits here! She was a great model, and we did a few photoshoots! In this photoshoot I will be using some big softboxes with Profoto lights to shape the light on the model! I've always wanted to shoot with some Octabox but for some reason never really decided to get one and do

Shooting it: Hairmake & Body Art Photoshoot

Intro This is a project of my hairmake friends we did together some time ago, I have another article from the same project, too I bet you've seen it, but here is the article for it too: click! It's been a really hard work putting the blue stamps…
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Shooting it: Autumn shoot in Japanese red leaves (strobist video)

Intro Japanese red leaves season is in it's most beautiful stage now, so I can't hold myself uploading an article with some photos taken in that beautiful time of the year! I'm having also the lighting setups below as well as couple of strobist videos…

Shooting it: Takedao Fashion Photoshoot

The Fashion Photoshoot Intro This time I'm uploading a few shots from a recent fashion photoshoot, well, the location is well known from my photographs I guess! I'm using very simple lighting again, this time it's a DIY Beauty Dish created…
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Shooting it: Extremely cool and high location photoshoot

Intro This time I'm uploading another few shots, with a dramatic making video like last time I did! It was a really windy day, and and if you are afraid if high places don't watch the behind the scenes video! I'm using only one light for the…
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Gear: Canon EF 135mm f/2.0 L USM

Canon EF 135mm f/2.0 L USM I often advice other photographers to get just one lens, and spend some time with it until you really master it, without even touching a different lens for a while! This time I will be talking about one of my favorite…

Shooting it: Hairmake shoot at Mayakan

Intro Another strobist shot from the cool abandoned hotel located in Kobe, called Mayakan! It's one of the locations I've been no idea how many times, and I still enjoy going for a photoshoot! For this shot I'm there with my friends hair-makeup…