My Monday night shoot this week was with Lulu and Steffen. The concept was to do a high-key based shoot with strip-lights in different positions. I took lighting ideas from past shoots and mixed them up to match the look I wanted to achieve.
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Well that was a crazy shoot. 4 Models cancelled on me with in 24hours of the shoot so we had to improvise, the last one just hours before the shoot. Tobias (from g+ not FB) and I had talked about doing a triggertrap shoot in the past, so even with a lack of models we would test out the possibilities. We both threw stuff together and meet at the studio for and evening of experimental studio techniques.
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This week I continued my Monday night studio project with Vincent as model and Stephanie as guest photographer. A few months ago Vincent suggested a shoot based on Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde. I jumped at the chance to do this shoot as the concept fitted will to a few ideas I have had floating around in the back of my head for a while now. It also bought back memories of when I read the book during a backpacking trip from Sydney to Perth way back in the mid 90’s. The concept behind this shoot was then to portray a journey of self destruction through light and lens choice, I also wanted to keep the lighting at around constant f8 (we actually shoot between f7.1 and 9) so that there was a continuation look and feel through out the night.
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I’m back, last week we were away and i didn’t get the blog finished in time so here are the photos from last Monday night shoot. Mr. JK joined me with 2 creatures of the night to shoot more low key based portraits.
This week I was in the studio with Cat van Dark and Lennart. The shoot concept was to shoot a few portraits with very minimalistic lighting. I’m a bit fan of narrow depth of field portraits and wanted to create a lighting style that had a low key look.
Servus und Grüß Gott… This weeks Monday night studio shoot based around the Dirndl. A dirndl [ˈdɪʁndl̩] is a type of traditional dress worn in Germany, especially Bavaria Liechtenstein, Austria, and South Tyrol. To keep things authentic dirndl designer Dianna Jones modelled her own outfits, and Austrian photographer Christian joined me for the shoot.
I’ve been waiting for you, Obi-wan. We meet again at last. The circle is now complete. When I left you I was but the learner. Now I am the master
Intro
How often do you get a chance to photograph Darth Vader in the studio… I have defiantly started this year off to a great start when it comes to themed photo-shoots
Recently I have been experimenting a lot with mixing different light sources weather it’s studio flashes, System flashes or constant lighting. And guessing the exposure can get complicated. Guide numbers are mostly used on system flashes (speedlights) and watts-second is being used on monolights.
Watt-seconds (Ws) is a unit of energy. When reading flash unit specifications, the Ws rating is the amount of energy that can be stored in its capacitors and released when the flash is fired.
The Guide Number (GN), on the other hand, is a measure of light. It indicates how intense the light from a single flash is when falling on the subject.
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Steve has an alter ego… Strider the ranger of the north. I found photos of Steve on an internet portal and was impressed with his costume. I asked if he would model for me as I had several ideas in the back of my head for a while now, and before I knew it we were in the studio. Knowing that the “Jedi Girl” would be interested in a shoot like this I asked her to join.
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Intro
Unfortunately I only got to spend 1 day at photograph this year but what a day…. I had several stands on my visit list and managed to get to them all and pick up a few cool toys for the studio at the same time.
Sony and Hasselbald
The big news this year would have to be the Hasselbald Luna. The prototypes that we got to play with are based on the Sony NEX 7, but with custom hand made body. It sits very nicely in the hand (even with my big sausage fingers). It will be custom hand made to order in a variety of finished but at approximately 5000€ its not in my price category.
Continue reading Photokina 2012 Part 1 «Photokina 2012 Part 1»