The Devil Wears Denim | 09:24AM Jan 20, 2008
As stated in a previous post, I dabbled in a bit of studio portraiture during Ryan’s short stay. As per our usual antics this makeshift studio session was anything but orthodox.
From the Canon flash awkwardly duct taped to the ceiling, to the bowl of costume quality fake blood, nothing about this experience fit into the realm of ordinary. Though, the truth is, neither of us would have it any other way.
The series you see above is crafted from a total of six separate shots. The combination of which designed to create the illusion of a single exposure. I lit Ryan here with a main light, a Canon 580EX, located about 3 feet out of the frame on camera right. The secondary light was the above-mentioned ceiling mounted flash, a Canon 430EX, which was roughly 2 feet above the frame and slightly toward the camera.
My biggest challenge here was creating a lighting scenario which would create both a bold high contrast side light as well as illuminate enough detail as to not lose the message. A tough goal considering the limited space and meager resources I was dealing with at the time.
A feat accomplished? Well, faithful readers, I will leave that decision up to you.
From the Canon flash awkwardly duct taped to the ceiling, to the bowl of costume quality fake blood, nothing about this experience fit into the realm of ordinary. Though, the truth is, neither of us would have it any other way.
The series you see above is crafted from a total of six separate shots. The combination of which designed to create the illusion of a single exposure. I lit Ryan here with a main light, a Canon 580EX, located about 3 feet out of the frame on camera right. The secondary light was the above-mentioned ceiling mounted flash, a Canon 430EX, which was roughly 2 feet above the frame and slightly toward the camera.
My biggest challenge here was creating a lighting scenario which would create both a bold high contrast side light as well as illuminate enough detail as to not lose the message. A tough goal considering the limited space and meager resources I was dealing with at the time.
A feat accomplished? Well, faithful readers, I will leave that decision up to you.
