I started a new recurring series on my website this week, where I show up at someone’s home with my A7R II and some lenses, no fancy lighting equipment, and just treat it as a creative exercise in working with what I have on hand. I had so much fun with Heidi as my first subject, and I’m hoping to do one of these every week. She had such a beautiful home, and her beautiful cat Molly even made an appearance in the photos. Honestly it turned out to be a fantastic way to force yourself to be creative without the usual creature comfort of lighting gear.

 

Full gallery on my website:  

 

 

http://www.kyleandrew.com/home-invasion-heidi/

 

 

Interesting choice with the 16-35. I never liked that lense with my wedding work. I had version 2. Very cool idea and images.

It's actually not the greatest lens for shooting people but I was in such tight quarters and I deemed the 28mm 2.0 to be insufficient for the task

 

 

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I understand that dilemma

The good news is the decision was easier to make with this series. It's actually been fun to step out of the studio comfort zone and be forced to work with what I can find on location. No pre-planning is a difficult challenge. I did one last evening in the tiniest apartment ever, very tricky indeed

 

 

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I always love pushing myself. I pretty much do a home invasion with every wedding I photograph. I step into some pretty bad rooms with awful lighting. Have you considered using a small LED off camera to just throw a slight amount of light onto the subject?

I thought about it, but I decided to stick with whatever light I find in the location as an excuse to really push the A7R II

 

 

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