Recent shoot @ Sylvie Photography

I received the honour of doing a little lady's first photoshoot recently and  was delighted to spend a few hours with this absolute cutie with extraordinary eyes !
It was the first portraiture session I did with video lights and it was an absolute delight : while it was pouring rain outside, we still managed to get either a studio look or a sunny day effect and at no point did we disturb the missus with an annoying and blinding flash. Hey, you might get more motion blur around the hands and tiny legs than if  using flash but isn't it cute to capture how much these little ones can move so fast ?? The gear becomes less intrusive and noticeable. Ever noticed your baby / sitter starring with marvel at these flashing lights when you try really hard to get them to look at the camera ? :-D


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Recent family pictures !

Everyone's different, every family has their own way to operate, to show their love. I love entering their world for an hour or so and try to get the essence of their love, their personality. 

I played around with the grading on 2 of my recent shoots. For one I had a super large softbox and a couple of lights on the side. For the other one, an XL umbrella (absolutely beautiful), and a magnum dish on the front, as well as a honey comb at the back towards them. 

Feel free to click on them to see the collages bigger.

The best baby model to date...

Here's my shoot with Kohsay, a 7 month old little sweetheart who gave me smiles, giggles, cries ( we always need a bit of drama !) and ... baby seduction !

I met May, his beloved mum, during a previous crazy project on Grafton St where I stopped her and asked her if I could photograph her in front of a white backdrop with a medium format camera. 

Needless to say I was delighted to hear back from her and learning that she had a baby now !

We had such a ball, we didn't see the 2+ hours passing.

For this shoot, I used flashguns on tripods, with light diffusing attachments. This was in May's apartment so I wasn't too sure how much space I'd have and I knew it was Kohsay's first pro shoot so I feared professional lights would scare him or at least intimidate him.

Intimidated ? are you kidding ! 

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