The weather was not very promising, however someone was looking down on us as we had great weather, despite the forecast for rain.
We were able to make use of the wonderful locations, despite preparations for the filming of Cranfield Chronicles over the weekend. Certain locations like the Tythe Barn were off limits but the National Trust came up trumps and allowed me to use Lacock Abbey on the Sunday morning.
The back of the tythe barn provides a great location with textured doors and great stonework, helping to demonstrate the control of flash using my Canon Speedlight 580 EX on a stand.
I like to use my 70/200 2:8 for shallow depth of field, isolating the main subject from the background, really effective.
Those that know me will be aware that I just love using the fish-eye lens for my more creative images and here a low viewpoint, with off camera flash and the fish-eye makes for a stunning image.
Just using the ambient and the fish-eye I have created a visually interesting image. The use of the vanishing point in the bottom left third of the image and Sarah in the right hand third provides energy as well as balance.
I look forward to meeting everyone on my next 2 day wedding course in July and also will be posting later details and images from my recent Creative Lighting course.
Terry
www.photographyworkshops.co.uk
