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07_Sarah Gallaun

Sarah Gallaun is a freelance fashion + portrait photographer based in Austria. Below are some of her work that I like/elements of. I think one thing overall in her images is that I appreciate her range of styles. Of course shooting for clients who have a certain pallette in mind style-wise will direct how things will come out, nonetheless she has an interesting dyanmic range of styles.

The first is a series of fashion editorial shots from for Wildflower.

For starters I like that they are taken outside using either natural or architectural elements as backdrops/props especially as they contrast texturally from the model in all three cases.

(Right) Looks like natural light (diffused given how soft the higlights are) from above is illuminating the model whilst little is done to brighten the shadows in the lower half of the image or on the right side of the models face. The facial lighting is almost split lighting but detail is kept so you can see her right eye. Much of the background is out of focus but the bokeh isn't super strong so I would say an f stop of below 8 would've been used.

(Middle) The use of a cellophane or gel over 90% of the frame is quite fun and I like how it obscures the shot but also reflect the sky into the frame as well. It is a little flat contrast-wise but makes for an interesting style.

(Left) Definitely more editorial style, very posed shot. Looks like overcast light very well diffused with a reflector on the left to balance out the shadows - would even say a light may have been used on the left because of how evenly lit the concrete piece on the left it.

Wildflower (Fashion editorial)

The second is another editorial shoot for a German boy band Kobrakasino.

Although we aren't into group portraits yet I like the experimentation with the coordination of these four images. The use of reflection is really interesting especially in the first and third shot below - using a transparent surface of some kind to create reflection/interferance (mimicing a prism in some ways in the third image). They are also landscape unlike a lot of the other portraits I've looked at (with the exception of no. 2 which stand out for being in portrait orientation).

In terms of lighting they are outdoor shots on what looks like very overcast weather. The lower right image in particular as the sky is blown out almost completely - this image also looks like there was a reflector used to bounce the lighting from the left side.

The fourth image stand outs for me as well in terms of composition - having one person in the foreground with three slightly out of focus in the background. It's an interesting way of creating a focal point. This image again is fairly evenly lit with shadows (slight butterfly lighting on all faces) - so I would assume reflectors either side of the frame to even out highlights?

Kobrakasino, Vienna, March 2020 (Group/environmental)

The third is a series of creative portraits. What I appreciate about these is even in a small range of frames all taken shoulders and above theres quite a variety of angles and lighting changes (even with what looks like little change to the lighting set up).

The key light is definitely coming in from the right side, with fill lighting on the left only slightly to bring out facial features - though largely in even shadow the catchlight in the right eye brings out that darkened side of the face.

Gold reflector - particularly evident in the third image under the chin and in the coloured images warmth.

I also like the posing direction of the model - I've noticed as much as lighting is a huge part of portraiture so to is knowing how to direct a model. So looking at different poses and angles that different photographers have used is quite useful.