Aerial Silks with Susanne

Susanne (from www.volair.de) and I have been trying to get this shoot together for a while now so i was really happy when it finally worked out.

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Aerial silk (also known as aerial contortionaerial ribbonsaerial silksaerial tissuesfabricribbon, or tissu, depending on regional preference) is a type of performance in which one or more artists perform aerial acrobatics while hanging from a special fabric. Performers climb the suspended fabric without the use of safety lines, and rely only on their training and skill to ensure safety.

 

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Unfortunately our studio roof could have been  2 or 3 meters higher so she could get her moves on. S we have open plans to shoot more latter this year in different situations but more about that latter.

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Because she was moving a lot  I used a very simple lighting set up that is quite versatile. 2 vertical strip lights set up as rim lighting about 2 stops brighter than my fill light, which was a very large octo-box.  As the shoot went on I swapped out the rim lights for colour gels and finally added the smoke machine for effect.

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2 Responses to 'Aerial Silks with Susanne'

  1. Chris wants an A7 says:

    Did you have any problems with the color gels. When wever i try it the colors seem blown out

    • Scott Lewis says:

      HI first off I thought your screen name was funny. In answer to your question, Not really can you send me an link to an example so I can see what you are talking about?

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