Interview On Fashion & Light Photography
April 5th, 2010Recently I had the pleasure of giving an interview about my style of fashion photography and a recent advertising shoot I finished that was challenging and fun. Matt Haines, a photographer himself has a wonderful photography site here, called me and asked me some great questions for his photography blog called Fashion and Light.
You can read the interview about my advertising shoot and the challenges it presented as well as my career and how amazing my fashion photography team is as we work each shoot and plan everything from set design, to make up and hair, lighting etc. Casey Robinson my make up artist is also interviewed.
Matt shows you some photos from the ad campaign and the great behind the scenes video shot by Drew Maw. Read all about this great fashion shoot here.
And as always any questions or comments are always welcome !
Thank you everyone for making my blog so special.
April 5th, 2010 at 3:46 pm
Thanks for the plug and the content! I think the new Fashion+Light site is the start of something big, and I’m glad you were there at the beginning of it all.
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Jason Christopher Reply:
April 5th, 2010 at 3:48 pm
You bet brotha ! Thank you and I look forward to your site growing huge !
Cheers !
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April 7th, 2010 at 7:22 am
nice work.. love your style.. simple lighting setup..
jason have u do fashion shot or portrait with out using any lighting?
what your advice for photographer how shot with available light?
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Jason Christopher Reply:
April 8th, 2010 at 10:44 am
Hi Rahmat,
Thank you for the compliment. Yes there are many times I shoot with available light. Check out this post http://jasonchristopher.com/blog/2010/03/25/window-light-beauty-photography/
Also if you look through the archives there are many posts where I talk about how I use natural light for my fashion photography. For instance, sometimes I just wear a white t-shirt, place the model so that the sun is behind her and the bounce off my shirt gives just enough light to fill her eyes and clothes. You can also use reflectors, white foam core etc.
Thank you for your post ! Remember, I teach this and much more when you take my private photography workshop. This is the link with more information for you.
http://jasonchristopher.com/workshop.htm
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April 11th, 2010 at 2:37 pm
Hey man, Great video and awesome shots!
In the first set-up featured in the video, are you bounce-filling or catching spill with the strobe that you’re sitting over?
I guess it brings up the question: when using smaller modifiers will you dedicate an additional light or fill board to the clothes on a commercial shoot? Just to ensure the clothes have good detail compared to the spectral light hitting the model’s face.
And are you doing the same thing in the shot with her hair pulled back? Seems like there is additional shadow towards the bottom of her dress hem.
Thanks!
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Jason Christopher Reply:
April 16th, 2010 at 7:23 pm
Hi Myles ! The strobe I am sitting on in the first set up is hitting the model’s black boots directly. If I didn’t use it, the black books wouldn’t have the detail I wanted to show.
For your second question, using smaller modifiers has nothing to do with anything. I’m not sure I understand your question. I light for the clothes and I just use an umbrella or soft box and that also lights the models face. If the model is really tall I will use a second light or a reflector to illuminate for example black boots or really dark jeans or a dark dress. I hope this answers your question. If not just comment back and maybe state your question in a different way ?
Thanks for your questions Myles !
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April 21st, 2010 at 4:28 pm
I totally want to learn how to light like this. I’m dying to shoot on the pedestrian bridge here in Nashville at night with the skyline lit up in the back.
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Jason Christopher Reply:
April 23rd, 2010 at 3:19 pm
Hey Wendy ! Well all you need to do is ask
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