Headshot of a composer

This was a headshot portrait session with a well-known composer Andy Mendelson in Lower Manhattan.

We started at his apartment, played a guitar a little bit trying to achieve that ‘moment of creativity’  look and then came out toward beautiful morning light.

To be mobile I used just a couple of Canon Speedlites indoor and only one strobe shooting through softbox when outdoor on-location. The softbox was handheld by my assistant, who was also walking backward at times, parallel to Andy moving toward my camera – tricky part

Portrait photography of Andy Mendelson, NYC-based composer