James M Barrett - Self Portrait - a photo on Flickriver

James M Barrett - Self Portrait

            Sometimes it takes too many damn hours to get the colours right for a #psychedelicportrait shoot and I just lose it! 

I always want things to be perfect for a shoot so I prepare all the tech the night before. Once the lighting has been set up I perch in the sitter’s chair with a remote control in my hand, acting as crash test dummy for the sitter - testing how the colours are interacting across my face. It’s an endless cycle of snapping selfies, dashing across to the camera to review the shots, groaning with frustration at the lousy results, tweaking the lights, and slumping back into the chair for yet more selfies… Eventually it all falls into place and I stumble off to bed. 

I start out all sugar-and-spice, flashing sweet smizes for the camera, but I quickly lose patience…. The other night at 3am when things really weren’t going to plan and I was keeling over with exhaustion, this is what happened!! 

Tech stuff! Colours achieved in studio. 
3 gridded beauty dishes with gels - 1 above camera and 1 oblique each side. 
1 long softbox with gel, projected up backdrop.
Wireless trigger on camera.

Taken on: December 7, 2023

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