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Noosa - Moody pt 2

PostPosted: Sun Apr 02, 2006 8:01 pm
by wendellt
Now here's the sexy stuff

plan to shoot all the girls during the short time span in early mornign light and afternoon light, the girls range always dominates the boys range and the catalogue will be full of these moody art directed shots

these scenes will take alot of planning to make sure we work fast and safely and lots of technical lighting knowhow to pull off exactly what i want

shooting in the shade, model lying down, romantic scene, strobe lights illuminating model
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shooting last light, model walking on water kicking the water lots of splashes, b. model lying on the rocks
illuminated by two of the huge strobe lights
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the lighting effect
I shot this on the runway there are two main lights one strong one on the right(side lighting) and one up higher to the left that isn't as powerful illuminating her back
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I will have a similar setup with 2 strobes when shooting thse scenes.

shooting in afternoon light, will use the strobes here, on the rocks model leaning against the rocks, the strobes will have mininal effect under high light but in the shadows they will work just fine
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in these brighter scenes i may not have to use the strobes
Image model lying on rock
Image model walking closer to where i am, half body shot
Image model either laking on rocks or lying down on them
Image model leaning against rock, will use the strobes here
Image model lying on rocks, wil use strobes here
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1. model lying on sand, use strobes, me on step ladder up high, shooting down
2. model walks across fingers stroking grass, use strobe to illuminate model in backlighted scene
3. model with long brunette hair lying down hair spread out over golden grass, me on step ladder up high shooting down, may use strobes
4. model standing on rocks(dry bit) use telephoto shoot tight get spashing waves in the background, model in backlit scene, will use strobes to illuminate her
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I do have plan b and c just in case things don't work out

and if your wondering i will have two lighting assistants the strobe lights are high powerd 600 watt lights(2 sec recycle time) they don't produce heat and are outdoors proof, they get their powersource from a waterproof battery pack that is very modern and lightweight, the lighting guy wears it like a backpack. One strobe will have a snoot on it to narrow the light(kids ar emuch smaller than adults) the 2nd strobe will have a difusser on it, i will have one strong light(main modelling light) the other a acts as a balanced fill light.
Both lights are radio slaved to a radio unit on the d2x, it's one funky setup!

you will see the results in mid May

PostPosted: Sun Apr 02, 2006 8:42 pm
by stubbsy
Wendell

I thought you were trying to keep the number of embedded images down to 5 or 6 per post :shock:

PostPosted: Sun Apr 02, 2006 8:46 pm
by Alex
Nice work, Wendell. Can't wait for the photos from the shoot.

Alex

PostPosted: Sun Apr 02, 2006 10:14 pm
by Nnnnsic
Whilst I know you're thrilled with your location scouting work, I'm not really sure it's all that special by posting a lot of the images here.

It's really quite boring to look at.

PostPosted: Sun Apr 02, 2006 10:35 pm
by mic
Looking forward to seeing this turn out Wendell, thanks for going to all the trouble of doing this. Some of us are interested.

Mic. :wink:

PostPosted: Sun Apr 02, 2006 11:46 pm
by daniel_r
Wendell, I think you'll have some quite challenging shooting conditions by the look of things! (not to mention the possibility of going base over apex on those rocks!)

Obviously you'll need to be on the lookout for optical flare (well, I suppose flare in the fashion stakes will come in handy :D ) with the low angled sun over water. Veiling glare is going to be the biggest issue.

Dynamic range wise, the D2X is your friend :)

Best of luck with the shoot, hope all works out for you.

PostPosted: Mon Apr 03, 2006 8:29 am
by huynhie
If I was a geologist, I'd be excited :lol: :lol: :lol:

PostPosted: Mon Apr 03, 2006 11:57 am
by Nnnnsic
huynhie wrote:If I was a geologist, I'd be excited


And are you?

PostPosted: Mon Apr 03, 2006 12:22 pm
by huynhie
Nnnnsic wrote:
huynhie wrote:If I was a geologist, I'd be excited


And are you?


No I'm not a geologist.

PostPosted: Mon Apr 03, 2006 12:53 pm
by Grev
Yeah, your enthusiasm is quite scary (in a good way).

Well it is quite interesting to see what the hell is going through your head. :)