On May 11th, I got to work with Susan, who won a free photoshoot
from me. She won the session by commenting on a post on my Facebook page, thus winning a 60-minute session, 10 high-resolutions images, and one print. The post was held back until she selected her photos from the shoot. This
shoot was inspired by a Pinterest picture that used a bed of flowers and dry
ice fog. For this session I used a bunch
of pink and beach colored peonies, and pink tulle to create the background.
For the session I used the following
items:
- Canon 70D
- 18 -200 mm lens
- Strobes with power supply
- 7-foot reflective umbrella
- C-stand with boom arm
- 2 speed lights
- RF-transmitter
- Tether line
- Desktop
- Foam core board (to make a corral for the fog)
- White backdrop
- Pink tulle
- Fake peonies
- Dry ice and hot water
- Step stool
- Handsome assistant
I did two set ups for
this session using a large 7-foot umbrella placed on a boom arm. In the first set up the umbrella was positioned
directly over the model, who was laying on the flowers and tulle. I then placed 12-inch high by 24-inch long
foam core board round the model to create a little corral to keep the fog from
the dry ice in. Before bringing the dry
ice, into the stet-up we took a few shots without, just to be able to get
comfortable working with the props and posing. After doing a few shots without the dry ice, I
placed a metal bowl in corner of the corral with the dry, which my assistant
dumped hot water over to create the fog.
When using the dry ice, we ensure there was plenty of ventilation in the
studio. I shot pointing down at the
model by standing on a step stool or directly over her. This dry ice did not create as much fog as
previously, and I believe that was because we were using large chunks this time
around. So, in the future I will be
using smaller pieces which react quicker thus producing more fog. In the second set up the model was sitting up
and the umbrella was pointed straight on to the model’s face. Two small speed
lights were placed behind the model to blow the background to give the images a
high key look.
Now onto the image
descriptions. I shot 221 frames, edited 101
frames, and delivered 78 final images. I shot using ISO 100, with an aperture of
F8, and a shutter speed of 1/250s. My focal length ranged from 18mm to 60mm,
with the most common 28mm.
Two
of my favorite images from the shoot was taken early in the session. I edited both
images so it would be soft, and slightly faded to give them a dream like look. I also used a bit of frequency separation to
smooth the skin out just slightly and highlighted a few areas using a doge and
burn technique to add a bit of glow to the skin.
This image was taken after asking the model to play
with the tulle. She place the tulle over her head and work with it. It is a
little reminiscent of the Beyoncé
pregnancy photo where she wore a piece of green tulle over her head with a
flower background. I feel this image works
a little better and it is different then my standard work. I might do a session in the future that just
involves the model working the tulle, because I think some interesting images
could come out that.
Overall it was a good session, that produced some very
nice images.
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