The Making Of Weekly Self Portraits

This gallery will contain pullbacks and descriptions of the setups for my weekly self portraits, for those interested in how they're made.

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Making of Week 1

See the result here: http://www.morffed.com/2014/Self-Portrait-A-Week/i-JHHJV4N/A

Direct lighting from two Alienbee B800s with the standard 7-in reflector. Close proximity to the flashes relative to the wall behind me makes the white wall go very dark for a backdrop, and actually softens the light some. A reflective surface in front of me (not shown) allowed for proper positioning using the flash's model lights to get lighting angles right. A laptop positioned on the table in front of me (Also not shown) displayed each photo in Canon EOS Utility as I triggered them so I could make minute adjustments to pose and framing without the major adjustment of getting up. Triggered by wireless remote on Canon 5D MkII with 100mm prime lens.