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title: Portrait Lighting Test - Alex
date: 2018-05-30T03:13:00+01:00
author: John Henry Donovan
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# Portrait Lighting Test — Alex

Posted on 30th May, 2018

Loved this shot of my daughter Alex while having her as an assistant for some test shots of a lighting setup I was trying out.

![A black-and-white portrait of a person with long hair and a slight smile. They are wearing a striped shirt and looking directly at the camera. The background is plain and out of focus.](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAACAAAAAgCAIAAAD8GO2jAAAACXBIWXMAAA7EAAAOxAGVKw4bAAACBUlEQVRIiY1W0YLDIAhD6m/vy1fLPaRLI+huPtxZWxMIwdler5eZRUREXDLGGPoYEWbWWmutufvxGX0eXHf3+2P7bbTWflxkuJh3PH/ZjEB0zpHeVhoz6/innMqBze4eEcRl+kpDEI47gx0usa7rIgQXyVGFUoKIeCRKSWj4eEs4n0eFhl+A8EhUCwBlKmtKQjNI6DcBIRIW/nIxSZeKUWMHQofEqfTYkHyioilNCp963gRLj9rKnVZsWiVi+I+LsFQLsATdPSaFNeinBk08p7EnR+pcv1yiTxlQdIzUTTXwqqpCT42mGaTNO1l26DWPro3Kd5Vj91jRE9PCRXT0Urr6uOPIGaCeNnc84HZWXmpic3tOGVzXxeNBO5MHzr98yvFk0D59m9DTOWobI3z/pie59eTgBj02EkHtSpvbZSEROQit7ZrQWTxCpwbKLiJHgq6aKHpdIc1DwDKk83ZXQwLZbJsmv0jrDJbQanDS44ZCUEXnzSUTpD6y1U85w6eSKmkm0ADTXP0KCL4CBFVFHuQG+nEciwxUjZjveuQgqJaNyWkG7t6rGvZpiIjABXKMwZskvsSlEcES3WbjgmNRA40d0Od5kgNRI3x3772retoW2wwqwRjj/X5jAlyYrfdOVoIkjq7onGAPOZAB/vK8O46D6Mm+yrGuQdWK2Whhia4bbT6a/gCcjw9hCiyUmwAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==)X-T20 – XF90mm f/2 @ f/2 · ISO 200

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