10/07/2024
FUN LIL’ GIVEAWAY TIME - If you can guess the exact drink that is holding, you win a mini portrait session (30min) from moi! Same style, super moody, sweet canvas backdrop. Redeemable weekdays only. Location , 20 Boskenna Avenue Norwood, Adelaide.
Drop your guess in the comments below. Up to 3 guesses per individual, 1 guess per day : ) Winner will be notified via Instagram!
A bit of background on the evolution of this image. Initially there was no drink. I was shooting portraits of the super talented-voice-of-a-Broken-Hill-angel singer, Mason. During the shoot I remembered a very cool Matthew McConaghey portrait for a Whiskey ad I’d seen shot by . Check out his work it’s amazing. I decided to use that image as a reference, so I searched my office, and found some booze from a previous shoot, and added the drink to enhance the atmosphere of the image.
The way I see it, the best way to pay respect to sources of artistic inspiration is to use individualised elements of said work as a source of motivation. For the McConaghey shot, I used the tone and feel of the image (+drink) as the reference for inspiration rather than copying the image shot for shot and blatantly ripping it off. See final slide for reference image.
Images were shot on one of our handpainted canvas backdrops at Cog. Key light was a D2 with a 5” Octa to camera left, feathered to create a very subtle fall off. Whilst the Rim/Hair light was a B10 plus on a 1x4 gridded strip box with 1/2 CTO gel setup high on a C-stand with boom arm. As always thanks again to the awesome staff for providing us with lights.
Shot with Nikon z6ii with 35-150mm lens
