Bruce, Nice work. I see you are using that model again. Wasn't she the one who was reluctant to pose? Regards, Bob S.
On Fri, Jul 27, 2012 at 12:07 PM, Bruce Walker <[email protected]> wrote: > For a fast look: "She is deciding my fate" ... > > http://www.flickr.com/bruce_m_walker/7656572092/lightbox/ > > > This gallery is of shots I did while helping my wife Louise on a > documentary project she's creating about a local store called the Trap > Door Boutique. The owner, Gabrielle Neveu, sells clothing and fashion > "for the artistic professional" in the Junction area of Toronto's west > end. > > This was a guerrilla shoot. We were operating within the boutique > during their open hours, working around customers who were mostly > bemused by our activity. (I think some came in because they were nosey > and saw the lights.) We were in and out in two and a half hours. > > I was providing lighting for Louise to do video footage of our model, > Marzi, getting crazy with the clothing that Gabbi was styling for us. > I was sneaking in and shooting stills as best I could. Since this was > for video I couldn't use flash, so I opted for a $30 garage > work-light, 2 by 250 watt tungsten halogen bulbs on a short stand, > that we had bought previously to try. To make this light less harsh > and have it come from above rather than casting upward shadows, I > added two light stands: one with a 44" silver reflector and the other > with a reflective umbrella. I then aimed the two 250 watt heads from > the work-light at each of the two reflectors. > > When I measured the light with my meter I discovered that 500 > reflected watts doesn't actually go far. I was forced to shoot between > f:2.8 and f:3.5 at 800 ISO and shutter speeds between 1/30th and > 1/60th sec for the entire set. But the resulting light was unique and > interesting. It was nice to work with WYSIWYG light: easy to see where > shadows would fall and great for focussing. > > Tricky to work with the work lights though as they threw light > everywhere, so accidental direct light leaks and flare were hard to > avoid. I even had trouble with flare in the viewfinder! I just > accepted the harsh shadows in some cases as creative accidents. ;-) > > Then there's the heat: oh my gawd. Sweat was pouring off me. I also > was forced to shoot in close proximity to the light heads because we > were in a very confined space between the clothing racks, changing > booths and the cash desk. > > But despite all the restrictions, my keeper rate was astonishingly > high. Louise chose 248 out of 302 shots to graft into her doc footage. > I rejected many of those as too soft for me, and narrowed the keepers > down, but it's still a large number. The seven in this gallery are > just the extra-good ones that I've retouched first. > > > So here's the gallery. The first seven shots are from this recent > shoot (this past Wednesday), and the rest are from an art opening in > the same boutique last fall. > > http://www.flickr.com/bruce_m_walker/sets/72157630775756384/show/ > > K20D, DA* 16-50/2.8 SDM, 800 ISO, f:2.8-3.5. > Lr 4.1, Ps 5.5 > > Comments welcome! > > -- > -bmw > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
