Portrait done in a workshop many, many years ago. But in a style I still love very much right now...

 

This image of a person who agreed to model in one of my workshops gives energy to the argument that, at least for me, the camera, its resolution and its vintage aren't particularly important. The lighting is much more a fundamental concern for me. 

When teaching a workshop about portrait lighting it's nice to work in a dark, controlled space, with constant/continuous lighting. Everyone in the room can see exactly what the effect of one lighting style or another is. How a big, soft source is really different from multiple smaller lights. How to place shadows. How to look for the transition between the exposure you want on the important parts of a face and the shadows that help defined the overall look.

In this instance I used a 6 foot by 6 foot frame with a couple layers of white diffusion material on them. I placed the talent as close to the surface of the diffusion as I could while keeping it out of the frame. Think two and a half to three feet away. I placed the bottom of the panel just above her chin height in order to get the defining shadow under her chin. And then I stopped and took the shot. 

She is wearing a drape over her street clothes as we were just about to change outfits and lighting. 

The camera was an older Nikon camera. Probably a D700 and the lens is a 105mm. I like the look of the portrait even nearly 20 years later. It's the lighting and the talent, not the camera sensor. At least I think that's right.