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Portable Studio Portrait A3

  • Writer: Gia Biagioni
    Gia Biagioni
  • Nov 3, 2025
  • 2 min read

Updated: Dec 4, 2025

Doing this Portable Studio portrait, I wanted to have a more interesting subject instead of just a basic person standing in the frame. I thought that taking photos of the CMU Police Department could be interesting for this project. I actually enjoyed my time doing this project with the police department, however I did get a bit concerned about the fact that they said the photos couldn’t be anywhere public. Setting up the backdrop and lighting was a bit difficult given the amount of space that we had to do it in. At first, my lighting was not bright enough and I did struggle a bit to get it just right. The reason I think that I struggled a decent amount was because we rented a black backdrop and the uniforms were a very very dark blue or black which needed the perfect lighting in order to look good against the black background. However, once I got it to work, I was very satisfied with the results and only needed to crop them in. I did struggle when I tried to do full body shots, in the photos it kind of seems like their legs just disappear into the abyss. But I am still satisfied with how everything turned out.


Officers Case and Martinez of CMU Police pose for portraits in the CMU Police headquarters on the campus of Central Michigan University in Mount Pleasant, Michigan. Shutter Speed: 1/200 F-Stop: 5.6 ISO: 400 Strobe Lights: 1/8
Officers Case and Martinez of CMU Police pose for portraits in the CMU Police headquarters on the campus of Central Michigan University in Mount Pleasant, Michigan. Shutter Speed: 1/200 F-Stop: 5.6 ISO: 400 Strobe Lights: 1/8


Officer Martinez of CMU Police poses for a portrait in the CMU Police headquarters on the campus of Central Michigan University in Mount Pleasant, Michigan. Shutter Speed: 1/200 F-Stop: 5.6 ISO: 400 Strobe Lights: 1/8
Officer Martinez of CMU Police poses for a portrait in the CMU Police headquarters on the campus of Central Michigan University in Mount Pleasant, Michigan. Shutter Speed: 1/200 F-Stop: 5.6 ISO: 400 Strobe Lights: 1/8
Officer Case of CMU Police poses for a portrait in the CMU Police headquarters on the campus of Central Michigan University in Mount Pleasant, Michigan. Shutter Speed: 1/200 F-Stop: 5.6 ISO: 400 Strobe Lights: 1/8
Officer Case of CMU Police poses for a portrait in the CMU Police headquarters on the campus of Central Michigan University in Mount Pleasant, Michigan. Shutter Speed: 1/200 F-Stop: 5.6 ISO: 400 Strobe Lights: 1/8
Officer Case of CMU Police poses for a portrait in the CMU Police headquarters on the campus of Central Michigan University in Mount Pleasant, Michigan. Shutter Speed: 1/200 F-Stop: 5.6 ISO: 400 Strobe Lights: 1/8
Officer Case of CMU Police poses for a portrait in the CMU Police headquarters on the campus of Central Michigan University in Mount Pleasant, Michigan. Shutter Speed: 1/200 F-Stop: 5.6 ISO: 400 Strobe Lights: 1/8
Officer Martinez of CMU Police poses for a portrait in the CMU Police headquarters on the campus of Central Michigan University in Mount Pleasant, Michigan. Shutter Speed: 1/200 F-Stop: 5.6 ISO: 400 Strobe Lights: 1/8
Officer Martinez of CMU Police poses for a portrait in the CMU Police headquarters on the campus of Central Michigan University in Mount Pleasant, Michigan. Shutter Speed: 1/200 F-Stop: 5.6 ISO: 400 Strobe Lights: 1/8

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