Behind The Shot - NBPA Portraits
Here’s a quick rundown of the portraits we made of the Charlotte Hornets roster for the NBPA ahead of the 23’-24’ season at the Spectrum Center.
Equipment used for these shots:
Sony A1
Sony 24-70/2.8 GM II
Leica M10R
Voigtlander Nokton 75/1.5 ASPH VM
Flashpoint Xplor 600 Pro
Flashpoint Xplor 400 Pro (2)
Glow EZ Lock Umbrellas 41” (2)
Smallrig Softbox 36” w/ grid
C-stands (3)
10’ white paper backdrop
The following are some of the photographs delivered to the NBPA with basic editing, which included exposure adjustments, adding contrast curves, and naturalistic coloring to match other NBPA productions from team-to-team across the league.
Here, we’re keying from our Flashpoint Xplor 600 Pro w/ 36” Smallrig Softbox at around 30-45º in a Rembrandt lighting fashion, positioned about 4ft from talent. The two Flashpoint Xplor 400 Pros are positioned just-behind and off to the sides of talent, probably about 8ft in each direction, and angled onto our backdrop. The backdrop flashes are powered slightly higher than the key.
These photographs are made with the Sony A1 and Sony 24-70/2.8 GM II.
Special thanks to PM Erick Hodge and Digitech Grant Nicholls for their help on this project.