Chief Science Advisor Mona Nemer
Earlier this year I had the pleasure of photographing Canada's Chief Science Advisor Mona Nemer for Quebec Science.
Dr. Nemer is a specialist in the genetics of heart disease and was vice-president of research at the University of Ottawa for 11 years.
During our shoot, I was pleased to learn that she still spends much of her time on her research when she's not performing her new duties for the Canadian government.
In the planning phase of the shoot, I decided I wanted to do both a simple portrait and one with an interesting and pertinent background. I scoured my list of location scouting ideas and found the perfect spot: the Science and Technology Museum's Northern Lights installation.
Scroll for the portraits, BTS, and technical information.
TECHNICAL INFORMATION:
Both shots used similar lighting. The key light was a Profoto B1X with a gridded Magnum Reflector and a CTO gel, and the fill was another B1X with a Zoom Reflector and a CTB gel. I used the gelled and gridded Magnum to get a very punchy focused light on her face with a warm tone, while the standard Zoom Reflector at a wide setting filled in the shadows with a cool tone from the blue gel.
Lights were triggered and controlled by Profoto's Air Sync and Air USB. I shot on a Nikon D800 with both the Sigma 85mm or 35mm 1.4 Art, tethered to CaptureOne Pro via TetherTools to my Apple MacBook Pro in an SKB case.
Dr. Nemer is a specialist in the genetics of heart disease and was vice-president of research at the University of Ottawa for 11 years.
During our shoot, I was pleased to learn that she still spends much of her time on her research when she's not performing her new duties for the Canadian government.
In the planning phase of the shoot, I decided I wanted to do both a simple portrait and one with an interesting and pertinent background. I scoured my list of location scouting ideas and found the perfect spot: the Science and Technology Museum's Northern Lights installation.
Scroll for the portraits, BTS, and technical information.
Both shots used similar lighting. The key light was a Profoto B1X with a gridded Magnum Reflector and a CTO gel, and the fill was another B1X with a Zoom Reflector and a CTB gel. I used the gelled and gridded Magnum to get a very punchy focused light on her face with a warm tone, while the standard Zoom Reflector at a wide setting filled in the shadows with a cool tone from the blue gel.
Lights were triggered and controlled by Profoto's Air Sync and Air USB. I shot on a Nikon D800 with both the Sigma 85mm or 35mm 1.4 Art, tethered to CaptureOne Pro via TetherTools to my Apple MacBook Pro in an SKB case.
BTS photos by Kamara Morozuk.
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