15 October 2011
Mohammadpur, Dhaka, Bangladesh
this is the second part in four-part series...... as posted in the previous blog, Arif and Tajia are a wonderful couple.... we hardly had to do anything with them.... every time we told them to do something, they ended up doing even better than that.... so, as a photographer I only had to keep an eye on the technicalities....
the second setup was to be more symbolic than the first one.... I decided to put them against a white backdrop to get rid of all clutters.... that way, we would only be focused towards their activity and expressions.... and as a sequence of images the images were to look as part of a single story....
unlike the previous setup, this was to show the contrasts only.... and again, this is not to be taken literally... rather its a portrayal of their characters in a dramatic way and in a symbolic manner..... its more like a drama that is based on real characters, but not necessarily real events.... the drama is needed to make photos interesting and to make the overall shoot a soothing experience...
now the technical stuff.... the lighting was pretty simple.... Elinchrom Ranger + 120cm x 50cm softbox on left and Lastolite Ezybox 24" Hotshoe softbox + YN-560 flash on the right.... to create an uncluttered background, 8'x12' white backdrop was used.... two lights from two direction created a play of light and shadow, gave some depth to the image..... use of the "Lazy Light" would've made this a flat image.... didn't use any lights against the backdrop, as the subjects were too close to the backdrop... any light on the backdrop would've resulted in a blow-out!.... cheap but sharp Nikkor 28-80mm lens used for the shoot.... shot @ f10.... though about shooting @f11 may be... but it seemed that f10 created enough depth....
the third part is coming in a rush!!
Mohammadpur, Dhaka, Bangladesh
this is the second part in four-part series...... as posted in the previous blog, Arif and Tajia are a wonderful couple.... we hardly had to do anything with them.... every time we told them to do something, they ended up doing even better than that.... so, as a photographer I only had to keep an eye on the technicalities....
the second setup was to be more symbolic than the first one.... I decided to put them against a white backdrop to get rid of all clutters.... that way, we would only be focused towards their activity and expressions.... and as a sequence of images the images were to look as part of a single story....
unlike the previous setup, this was to show the contrasts only.... and again, this is not to be taken literally... rather its a portrayal of their characters in a dramatic way and in a symbolic manner..... its more like a drama that is based on real characters, but not necessarily real events.... the drama is needed to make photos interesting and to make the overall shoot a soothing experience...
now the technical stuff.... the lighting was pretty simple.... Elinchrom Ranger + 120cm x 50cm softbox on left and Lastolite Ezybox 24" Hotshoe softbox + YN-560 flash on the right.... to create an uncluttered background, 8'x12' white backdrop was used.... two lights from two direction created a play of light and shadow, gave some depth to the image..... use of the "Lazy Light" would've made this a flat image.... didn't use any lights against the backdrop, as the subjects were too close to the backdrop... any light on the backdrop would've resulted in a blow-out!.... cheap but sharp Nikkor 28-80mm lens used for the shoot.... shot @ f10.... though about shooting @f11 may be... but it seemed that f10 created enough depth....
the third part is coming in a rush!!
