I recently purchased my new favourite equipment; Profoto lights with a 5ft Octa soft box!
I'm using it for a shoot on Thursday but I just wanted to practice using the new gear first. So while I was lying awake in bed with ideas at 6am this morning, I decided I'm well over due for a creative self portrait.
In keeping with the Portrait Couture style photography, I used natural back lighting and then the Octa as a fill light, which felt, and looked just like window light.
I took the Portrait Couture style a bit further and gave it an Edwardian feel by adding texture and putting on whatever I could find from the photo shoot wardrobe. This consisted of; a dress, tutu, a skirt over the tutu, a mask and layering many necklaces. In real life this outfit looked extremely ridiculous on me.
I have no idea how I managed to do my hair. I pretty much rolled out of bed, left it messy and pinned it like a bow at the front of my head. Anyway the results are as you see :) xx
