/// HEADSHOT PHOTOGRAPHY

[2025-11-12]

/// TAGLINE

A day to mess around with lights and cameras instead of models and code.

/// SYS.PROJECT_GALLERY

BACKGROUND

Photography and videography have always been an interest of mine. Headshot photography was always something I dabbled in but never fully tried because I was always too busy with other projects. For Knightfall, I took photos of the whole team (which didn’t end up being posted on social media). I wanted to do the same with my cohort and give everyone professional looking photos that would stand out against other people.

SETUP

I wanted to make sure the lighting added definition and depth to the photos, which is partially why I added colored lights to the plan. Before photo day, I prepped by remaking APU’s Cinema Lab with basic primatives in Blender from a reference photo. The lighting setup was as follows:

Key & Fill - 2 GVM Light Panels
Rim - Aputure Nova P300 w/ 1/2 Stop Net
Subject L & R - 2x Aputure MC Mini Panels per side

/// Headshot lighting render

/// Diagram of room layout and lighting positions

After prepping different looks for the team, photo day arrived. I photographed everyone on a Canon R6 with a 105mm adjustable lens. Each person customized their own lighitng looks so each one was unique.

FINAL EXPORTS

With some touchups in Affinity, the photos were completed and exported 2 days later. Along with the photos, I rendered overlays with everyone’s roles for social media posting.

/// Maddy Comp'd Overlay — /// Maddy Comp’d Overlay

/// Robbie Comp'd Overlay — /// Robbie Comp’d Overlay

/// Brian Comp'd Overlay — /// Brian Comp’d Overlay

/// Melody Comp'd Overlay — /// Melody Comp’d Overlay

BEFORE VS. AFTER TOUCHUPS

NOTE The images were origninally 5472x3648 at 24 bit. Because of the compression needed to host on the web, these have been brought down to 1920x1280