This session for The Geoff Brown Real Estate Group came with its fair share of technical hurdles. Due to everyone’s schedules, the only time we could shoot was right at noon, a photographer’s least favorite time of day for portraits! The sun was bright, the sky was reflecting off Lake Michigan, and halfway through, the wind decided to join the fun.
To balance it all, I worked with my Godox AD-300 paired with a medium softbox to help shape the light and bring back detail in everyone’s faces. I started by exposing for the bright background, then worked my lighting power and distance to bring the group into balance.
The first test image shows what the scene looked like before adding artificial light, and the second test image shows the difference once the lighting was introduced. It was definitely a challenging shoot, but with some patience, teamwork, and the right light placement, it came together beautifully.
The Geoff Brown Real Estate Group was fantastic to work with, professional, patient, and incredibly accommodating throughout. I also have the pleasure of knowing several of them personally as fellow Evanston residents, with plenty of overlapping friends, colleagues, and experiences. It was a real privilege to capture such a well-put-together and personable team of real estate professionals.
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