One Light Portrait Project

May 5, 2017 11:03 AM

One Light Portrait Project
I've been photographing everyone at my workplace. I have one light, a grey wall, and about 5 minutes per person.

Role: Photographer

posted by nevercalm (7 comments total)

These are lovely. Could you comment on what motivated you to do it? Is it just an expression of your affection for these nice people, or a kind of experiment, or are you looking for something?
posted by amtho at 12:02 PM on May 5, 2017

These are really nice. It's great to see the behind-the-scenes folks. How many people work on The Daily Show?
posted by cichlid ceilidh at 2:21 PM on May 5, 2017

Thanks folks. I've got a few motivations...I wanted to do a proof-of-concept for this lighting setup for myself. I started asking my closer friends at the show, and next thing I knew I had about 1/3 of the people there. So I figured I might as well shoot for everyone. In exchange for their time, they get a headshot, which a large percentage of them usually need.

And it's about 100 people at the show, give or take.
posted by nevercalm at 3:18 PM on May 5, 2017

This is great!
posted by xingcat at 10:52 AM on May 8, 2017 [1 favorite]

These are cool. What camera? What light?
posted by cjorgensen at 11:58 AM on May 15, 2017

At the studio I shoot with a Canon 5DIII and the light is a cheapo Alien Bees 1600w monolight with an umbrella. I couldn't be happier with either.
posted by nevercalm at 12:19 PM on May 23, 2017

These are great!
posted by ellieBOA at 3:41 AM on June 5, 2017