March 2006 Archives

With apologies to Vermeer and the Girl With The Pearl Earing.

My wife and I love that painting and the recent film staring Peter Firth.

She wanted to pose for her own version of it.

This is a test portrait I did of my son Evan, using a hosemaster for lighting.

A hosemaster is a lighting system developed by Aaron Jones. It uses a fiber optic light source and an external shutter on the camera.

You photographer your subject in a darkened room. Open the shutter on the camera. Then open the external shutter while "painting" the light on your subject.