#BehindTheShot with #CanonExplorerOfLight @roberto_photo: “Since the beginning of my career, I have always been far more interested in the behind the scenes of a photo, than on the actual finished product. Why? Because the BTS reveals the puzzle that the photographer had to solve to create a photograph. In this case, I photographed a fellow photographer named Lana Polic in Rijeka, a city in Croatia. This city is filled with abandoned buildings completely open to the public. We were working on a heavily overcast day, with not much light coming down from the sky. Considering Lana’s black hair and black clothes, I immediately made two lighting judgement calls.
1: The light coming from above will be used to illuminate her face with her chin up.
2: Lana’s hair and black clothes will need a boost, so I used an LED light panel to reveal detail from all the blacks. This is a crucial step for a great print.
The graffiti-filled walls in the background added the perfect complement to the ‘Rocker’ style and feel I wanted for this portrait of the great photographer Lana Polic. Always a fun challenge to photograph fellow photographers and create something special for them.”
📸 #Canon EOS R5
Lens: RF70-200mm F2.8 L IS USM
Model: Lana Polic @lana.polic
Retoucher: Lana Polic @lana.polic
Stylist: Iva Berisic @ivaberisic
MUA: Iva Berisic @ivaberisic
Lighting Assistant: Milan Djekic @milandjekic6514
Ciao, Nihon.