This week, Michelle Moore shares some of her favorite shots and her photography setup. Here’s your chance to get a sneak peek into the mind of a true master!

All Photos © Michelle Moore

Emily

Equipment

• Canon 1Ds Mark II, 85mm: 1/60 @ f/7.1; ISO 100
• Profoto Acute2 2400 Kit + Profoto Pro Big 7 ft.

Setup

• Model was laying on floor and the Profoto Pro Big 7 was directly above and to the top left corner of the model.
• A slight angle (about 30 degrees) between the light and the floor.
• This evenly lit the model from above, and gave just a tiny bit of drop off to the lower right corner of the frame.

Ashland

Equipment

• Canon 1Ds Mark II, 50mm: 1/1600 @ f/1.4: ISO 200

Setup

• Client was leaning against fence with the sun directly behind.  Taken at about 5pm (In Seattle in July) so the sun was still overhead from about a 30-45 degree angle.
• Ground across the street was white to add a slight bit of bounce (light reflection) into the client’s face.
• No reflector was used.
• Flare was created from a 50mm lens, and the angle between the sun.

Emmy

Equipment

• Canon 1Ds Mark II, 50mm: 1/320 @ f/1.6: ISO 1600

Setup

• Taken about an hour and a half after sunset – so sky was completely dark.
• We used car headlights pointed directly at the musician – so lighting would be even on the face.
• The image was taken in a large parking lot, so a few lights created a small amount of ambient fill in the background

Kasey

Equipment

• Canon 1Ds Mark II, 45mm TSE; 1/400 @ f/4.5; ISO 200

Setup

• Sun was peeking over building behind client.  I had client walk into the sun just past the building’s shadow.
• This was taken at 12pm (Noon) in Seattle in July, so the sun was very much over-head, but not directly over-head.
• Michelle was wearing a white tee-shirt which created the extra sparkle in the eye on the image on the right.
• Light colored pavement and buildings behind the Photographer created a nice even, and reflective fill.  No reflector was used.
• The 45mm TSE (Tilt-shift) lens created the blur and unique focus plane.

Kimbra

Equipment

• Canon 1Ds Mark II, 35mm: 1/500 @ f/1.4: ISO 100

Setup

• Sun was about an hour from sunset – we were essentially in open shade because it had dipped behind some trees to the left of frame.
• The sky was a nice even soft lighting from image left.
• Shot around 8pm in Seattle in late July.

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