flipTethered and running
Mid-session: the posing chair and reflector panel set, the tether cable across the floor and the frames already taken up on the laptop.
flipBlack cloth, two softboxes
A fabric backdrop hung, both heads lit and white bounce flags set either side of the mark on the floor.
flipThe frame just taken
At the shooting position, over the shoulder: the last exposure held on the back screen and read before the next one is called.
flipLocked off at height
The collar clamp on a stand column, set by hand so the key light does not creep during a long sitting.
flipInside the octabox
Opening the cover to reach the speedring — the big, wrapping source a headshot is built on.
flipLegs on the boards
Two stands braced across the shooting floor, spread wide and out of the frame line.
flipWorking the sitting
Seen from behind at the tripod, one hand on the leg, framing and talking the sitter through it.
flipCrossing the light
The photographer in silhouette on the lit white sweep, camera at his hip, umbrella and softbox burning either side.
flipOpening out
A hand down the folded braces of a light stand as the rig goes up at the start of the day.