Another One

     This week's portfolio composite was set in my apartment's kitchen. I wanted to recreate the hard, directional light from the window in the living room photo. I set up two Profoto D1s, one in the living room at the window as my main light and another at a much lower setting bouncing off of the ceiling as a fill light. I misplaced my remote, so I had to use the self timer on my camera this week. This caused a significant amount of camera shake, which created small issues when adding and masking layers that didn't quite line up. I focused on a light stand where I thought I would first position myself, and I did not change the focus throughout the shoot; I wanted the image to appear natural overall. I think the resulting effect makes the image as a whole seem out of focus, but I think some of that may have been motion blur as I was trying to watch the timer.