Jean-François Schmit Photography

Portrait made in a coffee shop, using a single off-camera flash, covered by a piece of cloth diffusing the light.

Post processing : contrast and toning.

This portrait has been made with a single studio flash without any modifier, placed very near from the model’s face, to perform harsh shadows and high contrasts.

The skin and the eyes have been retouched in photoshop (skin smoothing and doge&burn on the eyes).

This image is a composite : the glass and the orange slice have been assembled in Photoshop.

I through a coin into the glass to get this effect (150-200 times before getting the right image).

The lighting on the glass was quite simple : an flash positioned at camera right (45°).
For the orange slice, i used a shoot-through umbrella.

This image is a part of a series made for stock photography agencies.

I used the following lighting setup :

- 1 studio flash on one side, and a large reflector on the other side (both at 45°).
- 1 studio flash pointed to the background.

Here, the lighting setup was the same as in most of my simple food images : a studio flash high behind the subject with a shoot-through umbrella, and two large reflectors at camera right and left (45°).

The spoon was attached to a tripod while pouring honey.

Incens smoke photographied on a black background, inverted, modified and toned in Photoshop.

For this portrait, a single studio flash has been used, without any modifier.

Post processing : skin smoothing, toning and desaturation.

Simple food image, made with a single studio flash through umbrella (back-above), and two large reflectors at camera left and right.

Depth of field reduced in Photoshop.

Portrait made with a single studio flash placed above, in front of the camera, in the face axis.

I used a white umbrella as a background.

The skin and the eyes have been retouched with Photoshop.

This black and white portrait was made with a single studio flash, placed on the left, up, without any modifier.