At the start of 2020, I set myself a challenge which was to learn the intricacies of studio equipment and lighting. My intention was to take considered personal images, by posing and lighting my subjects to produce a beautiful portrait worthy of that individual.
To learn more on the subject, I did spend a day with Simon Ellingworth at The Royal Photographic Society last year and these images are some of the good people that were studying the genre with me on the day. I can remember that I thoroughly enjoyed the contact with similarly enthused Photographers and the exchange of ideas, encouragement and skills swapping. Simon and the RPS organised the day superbly.
It will be quite a journey from landscape to intentional portraiture and of course 2020 has denied us all the opportunity to interact with people as much as we care to do. As we enter the next phase of the COVID-19 journey, I hope that my cohort are all well and finding opportunities to practice the studio-based skills learned last year, perhaps coaxing family members to sit for them. That will have to suffice I guess, for the time being.
