A quick update from my last shoot before i went on a family holiday for a
week (more photos and info on that to follow!) This shoot was with the lovely Pixie Stitches, a model i would happily work
with again and again as she has such a vibrant personality and amazing look
to her also. The location was Park lime Pits, a local nature reserve near Walsall, West
midlands, which i had scouted previously to see if it was suitable for
working there, it is a blend of open fields, woodlands, lakes and streams
with access to several bridges and canals also. The photoshoot was split into 2 separate 'themes' the light side and darker
side of Pixie, with this being the darker side, featuring latex and PVC
wear, and very harsh lighting in contrast to the other theme. We set up under a railway bridge (cliché i know!) with a mini
speedlight-esque setup using some of my favourite off camera flashguns, a
couple of old sunpak manual stepping guns and some wireless triggers, and of
course some invaluable gorillapods to use as light stands! We went for a really stricking visual style, harsh lighting and broad
shadows to really give it a gritty urban feel, utilising a wide angle lens
for some of the shots and shooting from high and low gave a unique look to
each image, processing was done in Adobe Lightroom 3.4.1 (which i am now a
convert to moving from Adobe Bridge and RAW (i should also point out, this
email is sent using the excellent mapimailer export plugin for lightroom!))
For the final editing, a cross processes style preset was used along the set
of images which i custom created to really give the final shots a bit of a
punch to them. Thanks for reading, enjoy the photos, and as always, feedback is welcome. Andy.
week (more photos and info on that to follow!) This shoot was with the lovely Pixie Stitches, a model i would happily work
with again and again as she has such a vibrant personality and amazing look
to her also. The location was Park lime Pits, a local nature reserve near Walsall, West
midlands, which i had scouted previously to see if it was suitable for
working there, it is a blend of open fields, woodlands, lakes and streams
with access to several bridges and canals also. The photoshoot was split into 2 separate 'themes' the light side and darker
side of Pixie, with this being the darker side, featuring latex and PVC
wear, and very harsh lighting in contrast to the other theme. We set up under a railway bridge (cliché i know!) with a mini
speedlight-esque setup using some of my favourite off camera flashguns, a
couple of old sunpak manual stepping guns and some wireless triggers, and of
course some invaluable gorillapods to use as light stands! We went for a really stricking visual style, harsh lighting and broad
shadows to really give it a gritty urban feel, utilising a wide angle lens
for some of the shots and shooting from high and low gave a unique look to
each image, processing was done in Adobe Lightroom 3.4.1 (which i am now a
convert to moving from Adobe Bridge and RAW (i should also point out, this
email is sent using the excellent mapimailer export plugin for lightroom!))
For the final editing, a cross processes style preset was used along the set
of images which i custom created to really give the final shots a bit of a
punch to them. Thanks for reading, enjoy the photos, and as always, feedback is welcome. Andy.
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