This is the second part of the 1-day creative lighting workshop help the other week. Initially we shot in the grounds of Bowood and then moved on to the Brunel Bridge in Chippenham (post: Monday, 10 August 2009) to get a little more creative.
After the railings we moved under the arches to create some close up contemporary portraits with a single Elinchrom Quadra. Sarah needed to change from the wedding dress into jeans and tops, primarily because we now wanted to move away from the wedding theme and also the dress had become dirty with the climbing antics of Sarah.
The first image shows the simple set up using a reflector and grid to produce the shaped lighting. We wanted to bring out the stone texture and so placed the light tight to the wall. I would love to have found a location that has a great deal more graffiti, maybe even Banksy, however my council tax has been used by the town council to clean up all the graffiti around the town so it is becoming more difficult to find these kind of locations locally, maybe I need to travel further.
Incidentally if anyone knows of any locations I am prepared to travel for these 1-day workshops providing enough delegates attend (maximum 5),
After the bridges we moved to a more exposed location to demonstrate flash control in full sun, so we travelled to Avebury the site of the Neolithic standing stones.
The exercise here was to balance the ambient with flash to retain the detail in the sky and initially with only one flash. Under these circumstances the little speedlights are sometimes just not man enough, unless you use a bank of then.
The process here is to take the ambient reading and then a flash meter reading, balancing them to create the sort of image you are looking for. The first shot here shows the set up with the Quadra, using the sun as the hair light and at the same time retaining the sky detail. The second shot is the final image.
If Quadra’s are not available the same can be created with a conventional flashgun, provided there is enough output from the unit being used. I have shown a set-up I often use at weddings using my speedlight with the Elinchrom Skyport Universal received and radio transmitter.
The Elinchrom Quadra and Skyport triggers and hot shoe adaptors can all be purchased from the Flash Centre
If any one is interested in a 1-day creative lighting workshop then please get in touch.
terry@terryhewlett.com
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