SHOOT WITH A PRO
Pro Emma Finch gives Apprentice Rebecca Redmond a masterclass in black-and-white cinematic portraiture
APPRENTICE
NAME: REBECCA REDMOND
CAMERA: CANON EOS 6D MK II
LIVERPUDLIAN Rebecca has been interested in photography for more than a decade. She has a chronic illness that can make moving around painful and leave her out of breath, but that hasn’t stopped her getting out and taking awardwinning pictures. She regularly experiments with self-portraiture at home and would love to know how to get more out of studio lighting. She shoots with a Canon EOS 750D but we set her up with a Canon EOS 6D Mark II – so she could see the step up in quality with a full-frame body.
CANON PRO
NAME: EMMA FINCH
CAMERA: CANON EOS 5D MK IV
EMMA is an award-winning photographer, influenced by femininity and elegance. She specializes in female portraits and works for private and commercial clients from her studio. She’s been published multiple times on front covers and is also a tutor, event planner and runs photography sessions with Graham Currey. On top of all that, Emma has a separate photography business specializing in Family and Lifestyle photography. We met up with her at her studio in Manchester. www.belleprive.co.uk
HOT SHOT #1
Lens Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 USM
Exposure 1/160 sec, f/2.5, ISO100
REBECCA’S COMMENT
EXPERT INSIGHT
PIN-SHARP PRECISION
FOCUS ON EYES
FOCUS ON HAND
WHEN working in the studio, Emma usually uses a midaperture value around f/8 or f/11 which delivers a deep depth-of-field, making it easy to get the whole person in sharp focus. However, she sometimes uses the natural window lighting in her studio as this allows her to use a wider aperture such as f/1.8, or even wider to f/1.4, which has a much shallower depth-of-field so only a thin slice of the frame is pin-sharp. But this makes focusing more critical. So ensure your place your active AF point over the model’s eye that’s closest to the camera, and take the image as soon as you hear the AF beep to reduce the chance of you or the model moving,
