i went to a group shoot recently and i was in a bit of a funk as to what i should do.
everything i was shooting wasn’t coming out the way i hoped and looking back on the images i realise i was just being too hard on myself as they were fine.
at the time though this thought of just going through the motions started to annoy me where i thought i was pretending to be fine with the images for the sake of the shoot knowing it was likely to be me that was at fault which seemed a little two faced….
Then the penny dropped why not just throw caution to the wind and do some double exposure stuff combined with a little light painting.
i didnt have my tripod with me on the day so i got my lightstand and removed the cold shoe attachment on the top leaving the correct thread for my camera to slot on to.
worked a charm.
next up was to fish my 99p LED torch out of my camera bag.
camera settings wise i was on iso 50 shutter speed of 30 seconds and F13
once that was set up i put the camera on a self timer for 10 seconds to allow me to get into position
i had one flash to the left of the model which was set on rear curtain sync and fired via radio trigger and my spare flash in my hand which i would fire via the test light.
in my other hand was the torch so i could light paint
i gave the model to stand still and look at me then when i fire to turn her head and look at the second flash.
3 2 1 fire!
here’s the shot
Post processing wise all i did was in lightroom shift the temp to blue bump up the contrast clarity and blacks.
i like it let me know what you think :)
Here is what the model thought
The day at Oyston Mill had gone really well and it had been great to see a variety of different talents and skills being used by all the photographers. It was coming near the end of the day and I did some work with Jay. wasn’t sure what to expect at first he seemed to explain it all very quickly and with great excitement in his voice. so as not to get it wrong i clarified what he wanted me to do, and it was simple, stand and face one way then when he said turn……that simple yet that effective. The results amazed me the image had been created with a couple of flashes, Jay running manically round with a torch and me moving my head, no photoshop,no computer editing, nothing, just a creative and talented photographer and me moving my head.
