Christmas Day
25 December 2011
Dhanmondi, Dhaka, Bangladesh
it was a shortish photo-session.... wasn't even planned.... but we kept the options open for a session; our gears rested in our car.... as it turned out, we were really happy that we brought the gears with us..... when you have an enthusiastic subject, its always possible to come out with something interesting....
our aim was to create something interesting.... the way we started out, we all were kinda disappointed with the typical outputs.... then we changed the light direction and changed the pose to bring out some interesting portraits.... yet, something wasn't really right as we continued to change our setups.... our subject got a bit frustrated as she thought she wasn't the right subject for interesting portraits.... but hey, we just got started.... you should never give up trying until you really think its not possible to do something more... it didn't take too long for us to bring that look in the photos....
we decided to dramatize the settings a bit.... our main light was a YN-560 flash inside a Lastolite 24" Ezybox Hotshoe softbox, which was producing typical stuff.... then we added another flash in the back (another YN-560) with warm gel filter on it.... that at least brought out some feel to the pictures, with a glowing backlight....
then we decided to experiment and to dramatize it a bit more.... took off the softbox and propelled the bare flash through a patterned surface.... experimented with the distances a bit and changed the wardrobe too.... that at least brought out some mood in the pictures....the experiment paid off.... never forget to experiment... you may end up getting something interesting....
the trigger for the main light was Elinchrom Skyport and the other flash flash was in optical trigger (S1) mode.... used an 85mm lens on D700 for close shots... and used f2.8 for a dreamy feel and put the background shadows out of focus....
a lot more to come....
25 December 2011
Dhanmondi, Dhaka, Bangladesh
it was a shortish photo-session.... wasn't even planned.... but we kept the options open for a session; our gears rested in our car.... as it turned out, we were really happy that we brought the gears with us..... when you have an enthusiastic subject, its always possible to come out with something interesting....
our aim was to create something interesting.... the way we started out, we all were kinda disappointed with the typical outputs.... then we changed the light direction and changed the pose to bring out some interesting portraits.... yet, something wasn't really right as we continued to change our setups.... our subject got a bit frustrated as she thought she wasn't the right subject for interesting portraits.... but hey, we just got started.... you should never give up trying until you really think its not possible to do something more... it didn't take too long for us to bring that look in the photos....
we decided to dramatize the settings a bit.... our main light was a YN-560 flash inside a Lastolite 24" Ezybox Hotshoe softbox, which was producing typical stuff.... then we added another flash in the back (another YN-560) with warm gel filter on it.... that at least brought out some feel to the pictures, with a glowing backlight....
then we decided to experiment and to dramatize it a bit more.... took off the softbox and propelled the bare flash through a patterned surface.... experimented with the distances a bit and changed the wardrobe too.... that at least brought out some mood in the pictures....the experiment paid off.... never forget to experiment... you may end up getting something interesting....
the trigger for the main light was Elinchrom Skyport and the other flash flash was in optical trigger (S1) mode.... used an 85mm lens on D700 for close shots... and used f2.8 for a dreamy feel and put the background shadows out of focus....
a lot more to come....
