Originally posted by OttawaPhotog Great series Chris! Your photos are getting better and better! These are the type of shots that I want to be producing, but I'm kinda lacking on the creative side for shoots. This is something I need to develop.
I do have 2 questions for you,
1. In the last bunch on the site, did you have the flash placed rigth behind her with a green gel?
2. Are you shooting these stobist style?
I have been doing a lot of reading on thier site and from the lighting that your getting, this is what it reminds me of!
Great work once again!
Tim
Hey Tim,
I'm guessing you're talking about this shot and the others in the series:
You are almost correct about the light placement. It's actually underneath her and shot straight up. To figure it out watch the hot spots of the light on the wall. I also added a very green color gel, which I totally fell in love with after the first test shot.
Yes all the images I've shot in the entire series were strobist style with PockWizards tons of flashes and Bogen 5 section light stands. I used a variety of techniques and up to 4 lights in a single picture.
Now that I've had time to practice all winter in the home studio the creativeness is much easier as I do every shoot with the same mental process. I first find a cool spot to shoot and set her where I want. I then engineer the light to hit the subject but not hit areas the I don't want lit up (like the mirror). I then try to remove or add subject matter to the pics (like the red gel I added in the block glass windows and the red walls in the bathroom were all gelled lights).