Fujifilm X100S for Portrait Works

Fujfilm X100S, 23mm, f/2.5, 1/320, ISO200,1-hotshoe flash with Rogue Grid snoot and 1/2 CTO gel at camera left.

The Fujifilm X100S is not exactly the kind of camera you would use for portrait sessions.  I've always thought (and I still do) that its single-focal length 23mm f/2 imposes some creative limitations especially for portrait works.  If you do use it, the pictures will result in some weird distortions on your subjects faces that, more often than not, they will be unflattering.

Cool Lights . . . I Mean, "Hot!"

"There is light you create that is a photographic reaction to light as it exists in the world, and there is light you create just because it's cool." - Gregory Heisler

The concept for this photoshoot was directly inspired by Gregory Heisler's photo of Alonzo Mourning.  I wanted to do lighting just for the sake of "cool lighting".  But my model here is a hottie so I'm calling this photo set "Hot Lights".  The resulting photos were, of course, nowhere near what Mr. Heisler has achieved but the key word here is "inspiration" - not "duplicate".  It was a very good case study so I set out to try what can be done with my modest lighting equipment.