{"id":2272,"date":"2013-06-18T22:13:36","date_gmt":"2013-06-18T13:13:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/2013-06-18\/2272"},"modified":"2013-06-18T22:13:36","modified_gmt":"2013-06-18T13:13:36","slug":"anatomy-of-a-photoshoot-by-someone-who-has-no-clue-about-them-yuko-at-the-fushimi-inari-shrine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/2013-06-18\/2272","title":{"rendered":"Anatomy of a Photoshoot by Someone Who Has No Clue About Them: Yuko at the Fushimi Inari Shrine"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D4 + Nikkor 70-200mm f\/2.8 @ 90mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>500 sec, f<\/span>\/3.5, ISO 200 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nYuko<\/span>\nat the very orange Fushimi Inari Shrine (\u4f0f\u898b\u7a32\u8377\u5927\u793e),<\/span> Kyoto Japan\n<\/div>\n\n

The quick portrait of\nZak Braverman<\/a> I did<\/span> the other day reminded me that I hadn't<\/span> written yet about\na photoshoot<\/span> Paul Barr and I did<\/span> in April, of a mutual<\/span> friend, Yuko.<\/p>\n\n

I've been trying to get\nbetter with portraiture<\/a> for about a year,<\/span> but my limited experience so\nfar has been mostly with guys. Last April I did<\/span> do a photoshoot<\/span> with a photogenic<\/span> married couple<\/a>, including some nice\nshots of the wife; with that under my belt, a few<\/span> days later Paul and I met<\/span> Yuko at the dazzling Fushimi Inari\nShrine<\/a> in eastern Kyoto.<\/p>\n\n

<\/a>\nNikon D4 + Nikkor 24-70mm f\/2.8 @ 70mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>1000 sec, f<\/span>\/4, ISO 200 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n“Uh, Okay, What on Earth do I Do<\/span>?”<\/span>\nphoto by Paul Barr<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n

Yuko has a natural and infectious smile, but had no experience in front of the camera —\nonly slightly less than Paul and I behind<\/span> it — so things started off as one might expect: stiff as a board.<\/span><\/p>\n\n

<\/a>\nNikon D4 + Nikkor 85mm f\/1.4 — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>500 sec, f<\/span>\/2.2, ISO 360 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nSmile<\/span>\nsomewhat forced; it's a start, but we can do much better\n<\/div>\n\n

I knew I had to give her time to get used to us and our lenses pointed\nat her, so the location was great for letting us explore as a group,<\/span> to\nalternate between being silly and trying real portraiture. I have no<\/span> clue\nwhat I'm doing with portraiture except to try to get the subject to forget,\neven if for a fleeting<\/span> moment, about the camera. In that short<\/span> instant,\nperhaps the real person is exposed, and therein lies the shot. Or so I<\/span>\nimagine.<\/p>\n\n

With that in mind, I don't expect much at the beginning... we'll try\nposes and such, but we're still warming up to each other, so I expect<\/span>\nnothing to come of them but a step<\/span> toward something better later in the\nsession.<\/p>\n\n

<\/a>\nNikon D4 + Nikkor 70-200mm f\/2.8 @ 70mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>500 sec, f<\/span>\/2.8, ISO 200 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nHaving Fun Together<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n

Part of my trying to make her at ease in front of the camera is to be\nsilly myself in front of the camera, so at one point I demonstrated<\/span> (in front of the passing crowds) the\nkind of pose I was<\/span> looking for.<\/p>\n\n

<\/a>\nNikon D4 + Nikkor 24-70mm f\/2.8 @ 34mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>500 sec, f<\/span>\/4, ISO 200 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n“Sort of Like This”<\/span>\n\u3053\u3046\u3044\u3046\u98a8\u306b\nphoto by Paul Barr<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n

Of course I felt supremely silly, but it's only fair, since I'm asking\nher to pose the same way. (Though to be fair to me, a beautiful\nwoman<\/i> posing as a beautiful<\/span> woman is not as silly as a geeky man<\/i>\nposing as a beautiful<\/span> woman.)<\/p>\n\n

<\/a>\nNikon D4 + Nikkor 70-200mm f\/2.8 @ 130mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>500 sec, f<\/span>\/2.8, ISO 125 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nYuko's Version<\/span>\nnow we're starting to get somewhere\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D4 + Nikkor 70-200mm f\/2.8 @ 170mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>500 sec, f<\/span>\/2.8, ISO 200 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nOpposite Side<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D4 + Nikkor 24-70mm f\/2.8 @ 70mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>320 sec, f<\/span>\/5.6, ISO 11400 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nTeam Effort<\/span>\nshowing the results gives her confidence\nphoto by Paul Barr<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n

To help demonstrate how fun and easy this all was, when I saw<\/span> a couple<\/span>\n(mid-60s?) in the crowd watching us with big smiles, I turned<\/span> to them and\nsaid “now your turn!”, and posed them as a couple<\/span> in the same way I had<\/span>\nposed Yuko, and photographed them with their camera. Everyone had fun, and\nperhaps they got a nice<\/span> shot out of it. And Yuko became<\/span> more comfortable\nboth with me and as a model,<\/span> I hope.<\/span><\/p>\n\n

<\/a>\nNikon D4 + Nikkor 70-200mm f\/2.8 @ 70mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>500 sec, f<\/span>\/2.8, ISO 4500 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nPaul's Turn<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D4 + Nikkor 24-70mm f\/2.8 @ 24mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>500 sec, f<\/span>\/2.8, ISO 5600 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nJust Being Silly<\/span>\nsheds that camera-shy feeling\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D4 + Nikkor 24-70mm f\/2.8 @ 24mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>500 sec, f<\/span>\/2.8, ISO 5000 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nMore Silly Fun<\/span>\nshe'd taken a silly shot of Paul and me\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D4 + Nikkor 24-70mm f\/2.8 @ 70mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>500 sec, f<\/span>\/2.8, ISO 4000 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nLess Silly<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D4 + Voigtl\u00e4nder 125mm f\/2.5 — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>320 sec, f<\/span>\/2.5, ISO 6400 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nPlayful<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D4 + Voigtl\u00e4nder 125mm f\/2.5 — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>500 sec, f<\/span>\/2.5, ISO 3600 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nFutile<\/span>\nthe reality was a serious “orange”, so color balance<\/a> seems quaint and unrealistic\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D4 + Voigtl\u00e4nder 125mm f\/2.5 — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>500 sec, f<\/span>\/2.5, ISO 1000 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nReal<\/span>\nit's not much of a shot, but I feel a sense<\/span> that I'm there\n( of course, I was there<\/span>, but I mean<\/span> from the point of view of a viewer<\/span> )<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n

Another technique I thought might help her feel at ease in front of the\ncamera was to have her take my camera for some shots.<\/p>\n\n

<\/a>\nNikon D4 + Nikkor 24-70mm f\/2.8 @ 29mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>500 sec, f<\/span>\/2.8, ISO 500 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nMe<\/span>\nphoto by Yuko<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D4 + Nikkor 24-70mm f\/2.8 @ 70mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>320 sec, f<\/span>\/4, ISO 1800 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nYuko, Pro Photographer<\/span>\nphoto by Paul Barr<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D4 + Nikkor 24-70mm f\/2.8 @ 70mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>500 sec, f<\/span>\/2.8, ISO 1600 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nGetting my Zoolander on<\/span>\nphoto by Yuko<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D4 + Nikkor 70-200mm f\/2.8 @ 125mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>500 sec, f<\/span>\/2.8, ISO 1250 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nMore Silliness<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n

With that silliness out of the way, I went the<\/span> opposite direction to\n“pensive”, perhaps about a far<\/span>-away love...<\/p>\n\n

<\/a>\nNikon D4 + Nikkor 85mm f\/1.4 — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>500 sec, f<\/span>\/2.8, ISO 2200 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D4 + Nikkor 85mm f\/1.4 — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>500 sec, f<\/span>\/1.4, ISO 1100 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n

And then we move on.<\/p>\n\n

<\/a>\nNikon D4 + Nikkor 24-70mm f\/2.8 @ 32mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>500 sec, f<\/span>\/2.8, ISO 720 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nYet More Silliness<\/span>\nPaul is a fun person in most any situation\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D4 + Nikkor 24-70mm f\/2.8 @ 45mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>500 sec, f<\/span>\/2.8, ISO 1000 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nMore Poses<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n

This particular section of path was not photogenic, but I paused<\/span> here\nfor more shots because it kept the flow going. The goal was<\/span> not “good\nresults”, but another step on the way to having her feel comfortable in\nfront of the camera.<\/p>\n\n

<\/a>\nNikon D4 + Nikkor 24-70mm f\/2.8 @ 52mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>500 sec, f<\/span>\/2.8, ISO 2500 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nThree Foxes<\/span>\nfox statues<\/a> are plentiful at Inari shrines\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D4 + Nikkor 24-70mm f\/2.8 @ 70mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>500 sec, f<\/span>\/2.8, ISO 1800 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nGrrr...<\/span>\nor whatever sound foxes make\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D4 + Nikkor 24-70mm f\/2.8 @ 58mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>500 sec, f<\/span>\/2.8, ISO 640 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nIncomming Message<\/span>\nfrom a friend who knew she'd be here doing this\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D4 + Nikkor 24-70mm f\/2.8 @ 32mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>500 sec, f<\/span>\/2.8, ISO 450 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nPaul's Turn Again<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n

Yuko was finally starting to get comfortable, and so were we, so the photos steadily improved.<\/p>\n\n

Continued here...<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The quick portrait of Zak Braverman I did the other day reminded me that I hadn't written yet about a photoshoot Paul Barr and I did in April, of a mutual friend, Yuko.<\/p>

I've been trying to get better with portraiture for about a year, but my limited experience so far has been mostly with guys. Last April I did do a photoshoot with a photogenic married couple, including some nice shots of the wife; with that under my belt, a few days later Paul and I met Yuko at the dazzling Fushimi Inari Shrine in eastern Kyoto.<\/p>

Yuko has [...]","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,2,28,6,10],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2272"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2272"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2272\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2272"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2272"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2272"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}