A while back, I posted on my Facebook page a link to a video covering 40 years of Gothic Style , which inspired on of my favorite cosplayers, Nerdenheim Jen , to make a Gothic Lolita outfit. So last weekend, we went and shot it down at Scott’s Run . You might not think being out in the middle of the woods is a place to do a Gothic Lolita shoot; abandoned mansion comes to mind. However, the use of an abandoned fireplace and props brought the shoot to life. For this shoot I used a Canon 70D, an 18-200mm lens, one 430 EX-IIIRT speed light, one 600 EX-RT speed light, radio trigger, lightstand, painter’s pole with baby pin adapter, umbrella, foam skull, candelabra, and a tea-towel for the model to sit on. My husband came with me on this shoot to act as my assistant. His job was to hold the painter’s pole with a speedlight attached, so I could get the light angles correct for the three locations we shot and not worry about having to balance two light...
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