{ Image Blog by Marc Orbito }
{ Image Blog by Marc Orbito }
Models: Chynna and Stef
Hair/Makeup/Styling: Stefanie Fauvor
Special thanks to Glen McDowell and Scott Davis for their wealth of knowledge!
The learning never ends. I'm never satisfied with my photos and upon looking back at past work, I always seem to focus on what needs to be improved. That often gives me and excuse to go shopping. I ended up picking up more lights and have been reading up on how to produce more "commercial-like" looks.
Photo processing and vintage looks have their place, but in this shoot with Leah, I really wanted to keep the colors accurate and vibrant and keep the sky and background detail from being lost. To do that, I would have to properly expose both the background and subject.For these shots, I used an Apollo Wescott 28" softbox mounted on an Alien Bee B800 (camera left) with as fill for a 3pm sun (camera right, top corner) at +3 and a round silver reflector camera right.
I also wanted to keep the short depth of field that my viewers are familiar with. I rented a Sing-Ray variable neutral density filter from the folks at Hawaii Photo Rental, to limit light so I could still shoot wide open at f1.4 at 35mm, which I used in the shot above at about -4. I quickly removed it after seeing how soft it made the shot.
I stopped down to f9 in the next shot (as well as the first shot above). The background isn't as blurred out as I'd like, which gives me an excuse to go shop for a different ND filter. I probably add my circular polarizer in the mix next time for bluer skies. Overall, I'm quite happy with the results!
Always wanted to do a sort of geeky parody of Tiare's true self. Here are the results!
Hair, makeup and styling are all her.We essentially shot guerilla in the library so librarians were following us like hawks. Still, I'm glad we had a few usable shots!
I have to give myself a pat on the back. This is the first shoot I've ever styled and boy, was it a lot of work! I had gone to so many stores, trying to find the right things match that dress I had purchased off eBay. You know how hard it is to find gloves, locally? Yeesh. Anyway, I wanted a classical look on this. "Classical" meaning that there be a hint of vintage, yet, would pass for something more contemporary at the same time. Timeless, perhaps. That's probably why I went and color graded the photos in different ways. We've got your high-contrast Michael Bay shots with green sunlight, to faded, bright, high contrast almost platinum looking pics. A couple of them are processed after Deluxe Labs' color on "The Sound of Music."
This was a fun project. There were a ton of mosquitos and even more laughter on-site that day and I hope you enjoy the pics as much as we had making'em!
Model: Lauren
Hair/Makeup: Lauren
Lighting Assistant: @J_Scotty
Photographer/Wardrobe: Myself
Shot this set over a year ago, but I'm posting it here on the blog for the first time...
To prep for our next shoot together, I opened up the photo catalog of Colleen from our shoot last year to study angles and what worked. I ended up taking a photo of one onscreen and instagraming it, to which I received a few requests to see more. So...here's a lil bit more. :)
Model: Colleen Leung
Styling: Colleen Leung, Krystal Parage and Marc Orbito
Hair/Makeup: Krystal Parages
Howdy! My name is Marc Orbito. I'm a general photographer in the state of Hawaii who enjoys photographing people!
I'm also a father, husband, Apple geekboy, writer, Disney junkie, Miami Heat basketball fan and washed-out cinephile.
I invite you to look around. Hopefully you'll like what you see and and maybe even hire me!
Contact me for rates at marc @ orbito.net
