HEAD FIRST
They say the scariest thing is failure. I picked up (with the best of intentions) a small Godox flash and trigger about a year ago. I ordered it on Amazon and I was amazed that it arrived in a couple of days packed as if it was delicate China. I’m not sure how delicate it was, but it was certainly shipped from China. It was eerie how fast the shipping process was. Anyway, I digress. Both units have been sitting somewhere in my house these last 12 months and really, I was going to pick it up and give it a try… sooner or later.
If I was a psychologist I would say this is a phobia of sorts. At least on a half dozen occasions I’ve made a small effort to figure it out, but the great beast that is flash kept pushing those babies back into their pouches and safe in their drawer.
At last, a few months ago, more out of shame than anything else, I finally committing to it as our companies new website was going to need some new head shots and since the owner (me) is supposed to be a bit of a photographer (yeah, right), it just made sense to hire, well me!
So every couple of weeks now I’ve been inching towards learning about flash. Little pieces of the puzzle have been slowly revealing themselves so that now, I think I may actually be able to do this. Not in any professional kind of way but at least it’s not the great beast in my mind that it once was.
These are a couple of shots of my son Solomon who graciously gave me his time while on reading week. I think they are pretty decent. Not great. Certainly not a work of art. But it’s a start. My first head shots. It’s all pretty darn cool.
SHOT WITH FUJI X-PR02, XF35MM F/1.4