ON THE STREETS OF LONDON
APPRENTICE
NAME: SHANA-ROCHELLE GRAVILLIS
CAMERA: CANON EOS 5D MARK III
SHANA-ROCHELLE is based in London and loves all avenues of photography and currently does all of the product and stock photography for her mother’s candle making business. She’s an avid portrait photographer too, but has asked for some help on how to get the best poses from models and which settings are best for different lighting situations when shooting outside. We’ve paired her up with Jade Keshia Gordon to take some portraits around London’s bustling Blackfriars and Southwark locations.
CANON PRO
NAME: JADE KESHIA GORDON
CAMERA: CANON EOS 5D MARK IV
JADE KESHIA Gordon is a professional beauty and fashion Canon photographer based in Peckham, London, and has been taking portraits for more than 10 years, since she was 17. Jade started her career in street portraiture working with bloggers, Youtubers and influencers in the London area creating mutual relationships between both herself and influencers. Her years of experience and packed shooting schedule have helped her refine and hone the signature street portraiture style that she’s become known for. www.jkgphotography.co.uk / Instagram: @jkgphotography
TECHNIQUE ASSESSMENT
Before getting down to brass tacks, Jade quickly went over some settings and exposure suggestions for people portraits
MANUAL MODE
JADE SHOOTS all of her portraits in Manual mode to ensure that she’s in full control of the camera and settings. She put Shana-Rochelle’s camera into Manual mode so that the settings would be locked and not affected by changing sunlight, though it’s important that you keep regularly checking your pictures to make sure they’re correctly exposed and adjust your settings if needed.
SETTINGS
Jade lowered her ISO to 100 for the best image quality and opened up the aperture value to f/2.8 to create a little bit of blur
