Headshot Session: Bennett Garcia

Sometimes a sitting turns into something different than a straight headshot session. On the day I shot Bennett Garcia, I sensed a more quiet and introspective person than the contractor we have hired to do some construction on our property in Gloucester City, New Jersey.

This photo has very different lighting than most of the studio type images I have taken. Bennett was sitting in a room facing a large window with diffusion material on it. The window acted as my general exposure and fill light. On my right hand side I used a Godox strip box for the main light with and attached grid to narrow the direction of light that was dialed in at one stop higher than the ambient light.

After doing some of headshots and just before we were to attempt some 3/4 length portraits, I asked him to close his eyes and turn his head toward the strip box. The resulting photo was one that captured a peaceful and serene man of great faith.