Light Shoot Capture (Lighting Book 1) by Colin Brister & Colin Brister

Author:Colin Brister & Colin Brister [Brister, Colin]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Published: 2017-10-25T04:00:00+00:00

At Rest

Nightclub, Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire.

Equipment: Canon 1dx MkI 24-70mm

Settings: 28mm f/9 1/160 ISO 100

Lighting: 2 x Pixapro Citi 600, 90cm Octobox, 60cm Octobox

A strobe behind was placed first, fitted with a 7” reflector, adjusting levels as to not overpower the whole shot. Once adjusted a stipbox was added to a 600w strobe and placed on the right of the dancer just to throw light onto the hair and lightly on the back of the arms. The main light was set at 1/16th power and fitted with a large Octobox, just enough to give a light skin tone to the front of the whole body. Unfortunately we were unable to pour loads of water on her as in the original shot, I think the bar below would not have been too happy. This was a tricky shot to set, getting the rear light in the right position just to light the backside while not overpowering the shot, - keeping it harsh enough to reflect off the floor and outline the body. While balancing the main light soft enough just to light the skin very softly.

Sometimes the simple things are best, the ballet dancer at rest, was just one of those. After a quick dance sequence was shot, this sister was relaxing. With a spare light on a stand in the corner, it was moved it into position before grabbing this shot, one shot perfectly lit. It is great to shoot with a friend and I always end up with a reminder of him, and there it was. In Derek’s prop bag there was a pink boa that came out in one of the poses. I’m not a great lover of props, but as I have stated, anything can work and always learn from others. This was another moment it came true, Derek had set up a previous shot using the boa and got some great images. Then it was during processing that I noticed a single part of the pink boa had snuck into my shot, just by her foot, he did it again. Everytime I see this image, I remember a great morning’s shoot with Derek and a sticky floor. Yes I could have removed the feather, but it makes me chuckle.

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