First Group Shoot of the Semester

Today's shoot was great! We had an excellent turnout and I think everyone learned something. Here's a brief timeline of events.

First we (Long mainly) was busy setting up all of his lights that we used for the day.

Then, we practiced a bit on Long to just get a feel for portraiture with off-camera lighting since almost all of us were new to this type of photography.

Next, we found our first subject who gave a couple different poses for Mark and I took a couple of Scott (see the top image and those at the end).

Then for our last shot for this location, we lined up on the bench and took a group photo using all three of our strobes (flashes).

We then went to the other side of the building to a shaded area for some different scenery where Mark hopped up into a tree for a few portraits. This proved to be pretty tricky to light as you can see.

Lastly, someone had this crazy idea to go down inside the culvert for a couple interesting shots. I can't wait to see how these turned out!

The above top shot is at 28mm (42mm equivalent in 35mm terms), 1/160 @ f/5.6, 100 ISO. It was lit by two bare strobes (1/8 I believe) and the sun. One was placed slightly to the left and above the camera, the other was to the right for some fill. I really liked how it turned out with all the nice punchy colors and contrast. The book and Scott's sunglasses also kinda work well together, almost like he's studying how to be a gang leader or something. (Best of luck to you Scott!) Here are some other shots, good and bad.

Until next time, happy shooting and invite your friends for the next meet!