Photographing People with Kenneth Linge
This past Saturday wrapped up a three part teaching series that Kenneth Linge has taught this year called Photographing People, Parts 1, 2 and 3. I feel privileged to have spent time as a student in all of these classes. Anyone that has followed this blog for a while knows that Kenneth is a master portrait photographer that openly shares his techniques with the students that attend his seminars.
In part one and two of the series (held earlier this year), the students spent the majority of the time receiving instruction from and working with Kenneth (along with his wife MaryLyn) in a classroom environment. Part three was a departure from this setting, as we were given the opportunity to put our skills to work and venture out into the real world.
For the first part of the day, the students were paired up, given a model and instructed to head out into the downtown area of Salt Lake City to find locations to photograph. I captured the image of Brittanie (above) during this part of the class. It was taken just off of a sidewalk against a red door.
When the afternoon turned toward evening, the group of students, models and instructors headed out to the Great Salt Lake for some twilight shooting. As the sun set we had the opportunity to continue to put the techniques we'd learned to work in this beautiful setting.
By using a combination of natural light, reflectors and tungsten lights we were able to create some rather unique portraits. The above black & white image of Brittanie standing on the shore is an example of the use of a combination of these three methods of lighting.
Over the past year I have attended a total of eight days of training with Kenneth and MaryLyn Linge. Even though the teaching was aimed primarily at portrait and wedding photography, I can honestly say that the greatest skill I have received from them is a greater ability to see light as it relates to photography. This fluency carries over into ALL aspects of my photography and has greatly helped me in my stock photography business. I look forward to continuing to learn from them in the future.
To learn more about Kenneth Linge and The International School of Photography, visit his website at KennethLinge.com.
5 Comments:
Are the eyes this way really that blue or is this the work of photoshop?
I didn't do anything special to the eyes in processing. She has really strong eye color and is enhancing them a little with contacts I believe.
A search for color negative photography led me to your blog. I love the pictures on this blog and the techniques. The tulip cpature is amazing. And stock photography without a background is sooo cheesey. I am surprised people pay for some of those photos. Yours however is excellent.
Have you ever used color negative film in shooting a wedding or wedding portraits? I am looking for some creative ideas to capture a family wedding.
What technique did you use to have your focus depth so specifically on her face and drop out her hair and other details, is this just a filter or is it merely lens and exposure settings.
"What technique did you use to have your focus depth so specifically on her face and drop out her hair and other details, is this just a filter or is it merely lens and exposure settings."
This was shot with a Canon 70-200 f/2.8 lens. The wide aperture creates a very narrow focus area resulting in the effect. Honestly, if I were shooting it again I'd have gone with f/4 to get a bit more focus on her right eye.
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