Thursday, December 15th, 2011 I get a lot of questions about how I get the results of these glass shots for the series I’ve been shooting all year. So I’m going to take a minute here to just explain it. A lot of the work I do is concentrated on the setup beforehand. I make sure the shadow details and highlights are where I want it. I make sure the contrast between hair and background is where I would like it to be. When I’m satisfied with that, the rest is up to the interaction and play with the model. I don’t like firing a lot of frames, honestly if you know what you’re doing you can get the shot you need in as little as one frame. Sometimes if it’s a bit more dynamic or if you need the model to work herself up into a good rhythm you let it go with more frames so she can find her groove. I alternate between shooting in the shade and also allowing natural sunlight to strike the glass, it varies up the colors and effects you capture. I manually focus on these shots about 90% of the time and I’m also using a circular polarizer to minimize or maximize the reflections. The rest is just color adjustments in post. I’m not a heavy retoucher, in fact I despise it. The less time I spend in front of the monitor, the more time I have to shoot and create. In the end I’m a photographer, not a digital artist. Anyways, I know it was a brief outline of things but hopefully it can provide some guidance for those who have been asking me about it. Experiment and test it out for yourselves, it’s not rocket science, have fun with it! -j

I get a lot of questions about how I get the results of these glass shots for the series I’ve been shooting all year. So I’m going to take a minute here to just explain it. A lot of the work I do is concentrated on the setup beforehand. I make sure the shadow details and highlights are where I want it. I make sure the contrast between hair and background is where I would like it to be. When I’m satisfied with that, the rest is up to the interaction and play with the model. I don’t like firing a lot of frames, honestly if you know what you’re doing you can get the shot you need in as little as one frame. Sometimes if it’s a bit more dynamic or if you need the model to work herself up into a good rhythm you let it go with more frames so she can find her groove. I alternate between shooting in the shade and also allowing natural sunlight to strike the glass, it varies up the colors and effects you capture. I manually focus on these shots about 90% of the time and I’m also using a circular polarizer to minimize or maximize the reflections. The rest is just color adjustments in post. I’m not a heavy retoucher, in fact I despise it. The less time I spend in front of the monitor, the more time I have to shoot and create. In the end I’m a photographer, not a digital artist. Anyways, I know it was a brief outline of things but hopefully it can provide some guidance for those who have been asking me about it. Experiment and test it out for yourselves, it’s not rocket science, have fun with it! -j

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