Allison Halkey Photography

Shoot in studio at high speeds is always fun. When you are going to do a splash shot you ALWAYS want to set up your shot before you make a mess. 1. Set up your table top just how you want it. I have a black background with clear plexi glass on the table (for easy clean up and prevent the background from getting ruined) 2. Set up your objects. Get your items set up just how you want them. 3. Get your lighting set up. Make sure the exposure is just how you want it. 4. Finally make your splash

The light was coming from behind the subject in this picture. I did not have a flash with me on the air boat. I took the image and then used a little fill light in lightroom to recover the darkened foreground.

This was shot with a 70-300 lens. It was all the way at 300. This will give you the shallow depth of field, making the background out of focus. This helps minimize the distracting background

Making your subject look up will help make their eyes appear bigger. This is good for people that have smaller eyes. When you are outside it will help get more light into their eyes.

Image is all about cropping. Shoot your image with a wider crop with always give you the room to crop in later. Make sure to shoot at a Large Raw if you are planning on doing this. The larger file size will give you more ability to play with it in photoshop.

When shooting object with texture, have your light off to one side. The light sweeping across the shot will give you more detail. Think about using rustic barn board inside of a solid color background. This will give you a more rustic look and is great for fine art shots.

Shooting high speed objects can be challenging. If you have a slow lens you will want to use auto focus to get started, once you have your focus on your object switch it to manual to prevent the lens from losing focus. If your lens is fast you can stick to auto focus. Put your camera on rapid shot. This will let you hold down the shutter and fire away. This will insure you don't miss the shot

For this type of lighting you will need a silver reflector, soft box, posing table and chair. The subject will be sitting behind the posing table, the reflector will be silver side up on the table and the soft box will be right infront of them. You will have to squeeze under the soft box (not to block any light) This is a flattering lighting for individuals. Not to be used for groups.

This is showing the different ways to crop. Take a step back, turn around, look up, and look down. There is always a shot somewhere. Make sure you don't miss it.