Benji Sadler

After pitching my ideas to the client he agreed to work with me for his music portraits. I am going to be using flour in some shots to create movement throughout the picture. Benji also wants some standard portraits of only him, not including his drum kit. Our photo shoot is scheduled for 10.30am on Monday 19th November. We have half an hour to shoot as many shots as possible. He wants a variety of action shots and posed shots.
The lighting for my shoot will be like this;

 

I am going to use 3 point lighting for Benji's shoot as I feel it will look great on a black background for what he wants. The drum kit will also fit int he middle of this. This type of lighting includes key lighting (left light), fill lighting (further back righ) and back (halo) lighting. I have decided to use shoot through umbrellas as I don't want the key and back lighting to be too harsh and noticeable. The fill lighting is further back to prevent shadows.

 

For the portrait shots of just him without his drumkit I am going to use spot lighting, using only a honeycomb to create a dark shadow effect. I will have it up high so it is over him.

Shoot through umbrella