Moving water can allow you to create a number of moods, from artistic to very glamourous and sexy.
Lighting Diagram
Obviously the main concern is safety – mains-powered strobes and water do not mix. The strobes were positioned far enough away that if they fell they could not reach the water. They were also weighted down. They are also of course on full RCD trips.
The principal light is the honeycombed strobe on the left, the softbox on the right provides a little fill at a very low level.
My studio …
One of the beauties of my studio space is that it has a very large coved area where dance movement and action have lots of room to flow.
Lighting Diagram
Lit from very side-on to produce shadow and contrast for form. The main light is left, the fill is right.
There is an almost “bat” like quality to the model on this image.
And I have montaged to seperate shots together. When creating this kind of montage sometimes the limbs need to cross to join the two figures together.
In this case, …
Had a great day yesterday running this workshop for the RPS.
Five keen photographers and one great nude model Cat Pearce and loads and loads of shooting time.
Some course days can be hard, because the students might not be up to speed technically or artistically, but this was one of those days were everybody got the idea.
Then I can just pour some energy and expertise into their shooting, with little hints or bits of major coaching as required.
If you’re interested I still have two more sessions to go with the RPS …
Oiled skin produces lovely photographic tones and also emphasises the form of the figure the its highlights.
Lighting Diagram
A softbox to the rear of the model produces those skimming specular highlights and shadow modelling.
The skin is oiled with baby oil and then I use a flower water mister to spray water droplets over the top.
Look for shape and posture in the poses for long shot work.
Model: Rebecca Mitchell
These images are samples from our DVD series on photographing women at www.FilmPhotoAcademy.com. These are 2 DVD sets with over 2 hours of material …
Well I don’t know why, but after 8 months all of a sudden my iphone developed cracks in the case around the sync socket. Panic time (nope it’s not insured I discovered).
Anyway, called Iphone support, they were very prompt and said “Yep, we’ll replace it”. What I liked though in particular was they gave me a range of choices:
1) Send the phone to them and they’d send a replacement – but it would take 3-5 days
2) Go to an apple store (bristol or brum for me)
3) Pay a courier fee …
