Fort Lewis College freshmen shoot

I shoot a lot of projects for my alma mater Fort Lewis College. Most of my work with them is environmental portraits of students and professors. Recently, I've been doing larger portrait shoots on white seamless. Fort Lewis asked me if it was possible to set up a studio on campus so it would convenient for students on campus to come by for a portrait between their classes. This type of shoot would not have worked if I required everyone to come to my studio downtown. Its funny because I do more of these types of shoots on location than actually shooting in my own studio. My clients find it to be very valuable.

These shoots are interesting because I am typically shooting 25-50 people in 2-3 hours. I have to impart some creativity to each photo to make it unique but we are on a tight schedule so it my time with each subject is pretty limited.  The objective is to show an aspect of each student's personality and/or focus at FLC.  The students were asked to bring a prop or clothing that showed illustrated their personality.

Here is a shot of my setup. The shoot was held in a big dance studio in the athletic department.

The main light is a a large soft box upper right. There are two strobes pointed at the backdrop to blow it out pure white. One is visible on the right and another strobe is behind the black panels on the left. There is also another strobe with a shoot through umbrella down low camera left to create a little fill. (its right outside of the bottom left corner)

Here are a few shots.