Loose something?

(yes I know this is an interruption of what I've been blogging about so don't yell at me, but i had to post this)

Walking along my road today I found this... I'm guessing they lost it while running in the rain... but flip flops in November really?

Light rotation

 Notice the subtle differences in lighting. If trying to light a subject try it at different angles, as some lighting may not be attractive on some and look good on others! Imagine the light is a sun and rotate it round the subject. Take photos as you go ( as I have done here) and you will find the most attractive lighting angle for the model or object you are photographing.

Dwayne

The images unedited from the first shoot with Dwayne. Inevitably my assistant ended up in some of the shots as well so I'm just saying that so you dont get confused who the random bloke is in some of the images. I used a white backdrop, using the same lighting as in the light experimentation in the previous post, but using a snoot rather than a model light. for some reason this gave it a yellow tint, so maybe I should use a white or silver reflector in the next shoot so this counteracts with the yellow cast. The majority of the images has Dwayne holding the JOOP bottle, so getting the exposure right on him and the bottle was a bit of a challenge but I think the majority of shots came out okay. I will edit these and then do another shoot, trying to make some improvements.

Background light

            

This shoot was done using two flash lights with soft boxes placed on to them and pointed towards the background so that it was lit, also a model light shone on my model. I kept the two lights at the back, the same brightness settling but changed the lighting on the model, which gave the effect of the background becoming darker on each shot. Towards the end when the shoot when the lights were very bright, the model covered his eyes and this produced very interesting effects on his face.