Ciao guys! I’m maternity and family portrait photographer Donatella Nicolini @donatellanicolinistudio from Milan, Italy 🇮🇹 and I am excited to be taking over the Profoto Instagram for the next 48hours!
Ever since I started my photography journey I always dreamed of shooting with Profoto equipment. I remember looking at all my favorite photographers using these beautiful #profoto lights and thinking “This is what I want! No matter what it takes, as soon as I open my first studio I’ll get Profoto lighting!”
A few years down the road, that young girl dream became true and not only I got my first two Profoto B1 back in 2017, I am now ambassador for Profoto Italy #illuminatiprofotoitalia and a proud owner of two #profotod2 and two #profotob1 in my studio.
I have a passion for bold, impactful black and white portraits. The women I photograph are strong, empowered, fierce and yet elegant and graceful.
I like to convey that mood and feeling through the use of lighting, contrast, clean lines and a minimalistic environment.
All these images were created using my beloved Profoto D2 diffused with the Profoto rfi 5’ octa.
If you’d like to learn more about how I use lighting and posing for maternity, check out the section dedicated to photographers on my website at www.donatellanicolini.it/photographers
Where you can find online education as well as the chance to sign up for my next in person workshop in New York on September 16th 2022
I can’t wait to share more with you and reply to your questions in the stories over the next hours!
#profoto#profotoitalia#maternityphotography#blackandwhitematernity#donatellanicolini#maternityfashion#30weekspregnant
Bring your studio with you any where. Here @aaron_kotowski shows that the B1 is no stay-at-home flash and that he can bring his vision wherever his shoots may bring him.
"3' Profoto RFI Softbox, boomed on a B1 head. Mixed with available light and hyper-synced drop the ambient exposure for dramatic effect."
#profoto#profotosharethelight#profotob1x#profotob1#onlocationflash#lightshaping
Simple yet beautiful portrait captured with a two light setup by @friedemannbudich
"A Spanish-flaired Fashion-Shooting of a Ballet Dancer. I used a doubled softened Umbrella as a key light. For the fill I used the existing ambient window light and a bounce into a white wall as a fill."
If you're looking to learn how to light similar techniques like loop or Rembrandt lighting - check out our reels & stories for more tips!
#Profoto#ProfotoShareTheLight#lightshaping#ProfotoB1
Maternity and fmaily portrait photographer @donatellanicolinistudio captures the strength and charm of women.
“Photographs like paintings would not give the same emotions without skillful use of shadows and light, without contrast and brightness. Knowing and mastering light, shaping it in your own hands will allow you to expand your creativity by reaching ever higher professional levels and Profoto is able to give you all the tools you need to do so.”
Discover Donatella’s beautiful work and visit the link in our stories to read the full article on profoto.com
Model:@laura.locatelli.lalla
Hair & Makeup: @gretaroncoroni96
Toned with @infinitecolorpanel
Lighting 2x #profotob1 with #profotoocfgel#profotoitalia