Portrait and really big windows

One of my first assignments after the vacation was to take a couple of portraits of a designer doing graphic prints on fabric (screen printing, is that a word in English?). She needed new photos to be used in PR and hopefully they will end up in magazines together with the products she produces.

She prints her things in a large factory converted to a shop for artists were they can print, develop film, do large art projects and stuff like that. Being an old factory often means very large windows, and so it was. Very large windows, on two walls.

This must be the kind of assignment that is impossible to fail. Fantastic light, a cool environment with great background everywhere I turned, and a great model holding a pillow. At the moment of the photo session, it rained a lot outside (but the sun was still shining) but that just made the light even better.

All photos were taken with my Nikon D700 and a 50mm/1.4 lens. Nothing more was needed, and I had total freedom to turn in any direction and still have interesting light that just made everything sparkle (windows a couple of meters high will do that for you, no matter what the weather outside might be).

I wish I could work more like this, just go to a place with nice light and nice backgrounds, bringing only the camera. And still get portraits that I really like.

But, not everyone works in a place like this. Unfortunately.

If you want to buy good looking pillows, check out the La-la label store on Etsy, or like them on Facebook. They have other nice things too.