The Munchkin's Notebook

On August 22 I did a sunset photoshoot with the lovely Tabathaology at Oaks Quarry Park.   For this shoot I put the model in a green parachute dress,   you can learn more about the dress in my previous blog post “Parachute Dress in Studio” . For this shoot I used: Canon 80D Speed Light Wireless transmitter Painter’s Pole extendable to 12-feet Assistant (who happens to be my husband) For this shoot,   I went with a VAL (voice activated light stand, i.e. my husband with a painter’s pole) because we were shooting on location and I wanted to make sure the light was above and pointed down at my model while being able to quickly move and adjust the light.   I also employed the model’s kids who came to the shoot.   The kids were very well behaved and acted as dress flippers to give the dress some movement.   Unlike my previous session with the parachute dress where I used an industrial fan under the dress to provide the movement. For this ...

  I have always loved photos where a model is floating peacefully in a pond or lake surrounded by waterlilies and lily pads, unfortunately I don’t have access to a pond like this so I made one in my garage. So on August 15 and 16, I turned my garage into a pond and while the lovely Cayce Campaign and SalTea Cosplay acted as my water spirits to make this shoot happen. For this shoot I used: Canon 80D Wireless Transmitter Two Phottix Indra500 Strobes with Battery Packs Two 5” Strobe Reflectors Speed Light Small Soft box 2 C-stands Standard Light Stand Backdrop stand Large Black Backdrop Inflatable Pool Water Rocks Foam Blocks Fake Foliage/Flowers (grasses, waterlilies, and lily pads) Exercise Mats Step Stool Cart Laptop Tether Sand bags We will discuss how I made the pond, the lighting set up, the shoot breakdown, and finally a few of my favorite images. The Pond To make the pond I used a large rectangular kids swimming pool that I se...