Kill The Comfort Zone!

Many of us get caught in their comfort zone and become complacent and sometimes lazy. This past weekend I broke through mine. I became very comfortable shooting in a studio with a white background and decided it was time for a change. Don’t get me wrong, I love the white background that Claudio Basso taught me how to shoot with. It’s beautiful, clean and classy and I’ll continue to use it when necessary.  This time I wanted a change, so I changed my lighting, the location (my living room) and my lens.  My “Indian Sister”, Sonia Kohli, who is one of the beautiful models featured in Scott Barnes’ book “About Face”, was here this weekend to work with me. I was out of my comfort zone with no studio and she was out of hers, since she had no makeup artist other than herself. We pushed forward until we saw something different and beautiful. Breaking through has given me some insight to another creative area in my mind and it’s a great feeling to accomplish that. Breaking out of a comfort zone may sound so fundamental on paper to some, but when it happens, it’s an amazing rush. I’m hooked!   Here are some of the images we wanted to share.

For those who want to know what equipment we used: Nikon D3X, Elinchrom Ranger, beauty dish with a sock, Nikon 70-200 f/2.8 (sunglass picture), Elinchrom strip light, Nikon 28-70 f/2.8 (couch picture).

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