Jason Christopher, LA Commercial & Fashion Photographer Bio

I recently got the chance to use a Photoflex 5 foot Octabank and am very pleased with the results.  In this photo I attached an egg crate fabric grid on the front ( not visible in this pic) and boy do I love it.  The grid directs light only on to your model and keeps it off the background.  I put a 30 degree grid on the back light aiming it right at the model as well as into the lens so I could get some flair for effect.  Now I wanted to show you this because this is in my condo.  It’s not a huge place.  The shooting space is about 500 square feet. You don’t always need a huge professional studio to create photographs.

The photo below shows the result.  Notice in the first photo you can see I am using gray background paper.  With the grid attached to the octabank it keeps all the light on your model.  It’s a much more dramatic look.

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