Here Are Photos From The Very First Session I Had With My DSLR Camera!

almost 4 years ago

Hello everyone.

Today I'll be sharing photos from my very first photo session. This goes to show how much I've grown and that I've come a long way. This day was spent with @kodeblaccc and some other friends including the model for the shoot.

I had just gotten my camera some days back and I was only so excited to try it out full-scale after spending time online watching tutorials on how to use it and understanding the exposure triangle. I started out using manual mode right away, but it took me some time to get used to it. Now I'm so used to my camera that I could change most settings without even looking. @kodeblaccc came along with his own camera which he has gotten not so long ago as well, alongside his lighting equipment and a reflector.
We took several shots that day, but I'll share the ones I picked out and edited. Here are the photos:

This photo was just a basic shot where the model sat down. There were little to no thought processes in most of the photos we shot as we were just exploring capabilities. A reflector was held up to bounce the light from the very hot sun. While I edited this photo, I got hooked on the capabilities of the HSL sliders on Lightroom and went crazy with them. Just like almost everyone out there, this seemingly "orange and teal" colourgrade was what I settled with.

In this photo, we got the model to stand in front of a plant nearby. I liked the green but my lens wasn't able to get the depth of feel I envisioned. I tried to get some leaves in the foreground to compliment the photo as well. Also, this was more or less the first photo I ever did skin retouching on. As you can see it was no where near professional and it took me several hours to even get it to this point. I wasn't able to brighten the model's eyes either.

Now, here are the unedited versions of the photos above:

We also managed to get some behind the scenes shots whilst we enjoyed our creative process. We spent hours outdoors and we had fun while at it. Here are some photos:

Here's a photo of @kodeblaccc in his element and about to steal a shot.

Here's a random photo of me!

These photos were from 2 years ago and it's funny how it feels just like yesterday. I think I should probably try re-editing some of my first photos to see what I can achieve from them.