ALP2 ASS3 Final Shoot

 

The day of the shoot wasn't as bad a our prelight weather wise.

We got our light pretty quick and I decided not to shoot with the rim light and that was my mistake. looking back now i wish i had taken the time to setup the rim light because the image looks flat.

The good is that i was able to do the main light with one speedlight with a shoot through umbrella and a big white foam core for fill.

-Available light was mainly for background and fil

-200mm so I could get some good compression and lots of background blur

-I used f5 as I wanted to keep the background as blurry as possible because it wasn't that interesting

-I was surprised the day of the shoot that even at 1/400 the background was still very bright

-Yes

-Yes although i should have used my second speedlight for rim i had enough light

-No

-No

-Color balance was quite easy, gray skies made things very neutral so a simple gray card did the trick

-Tripod, 70-200mm, 2x Speed lights, 3 stands, triger, receivers, sand bags, flex arm, spring clamps, white foam core.

ALP2 ASS3 Pre-light polaroid & diagram

 

problems we had at shoot was trying to figure out where our ambient was going to come from since we shoot in the morning. Also the weather didn't help that day. I had a hard time finding the right composition for my shot, I found the lines of the highway above a little too busy so i will have to make adjustments at the shoot. I had underestimated the lighting of my inspirational shot, I originally believed it to be a simple white reflector from underneath but later found out it was a clam shell lighting pastern. So I will bring my 2 speed lights, beauty dish and white foam core as fill. Second speed light will be there as backup just in case the foam core doesn't reflect enough light.

.Ambient will be for the background only, maybe it will serve as fill on my foam core depending on where I position the model according to the sun...

. I chose a 50mm because at the prelight it made the most sense, but I will bring a 70-200mm for the shoot in case I want compression

. F5.6 because I want the background to be as blurry as possible

. The ambient light metering was at 1/80th I may use a faster shutter speed in case it's brighter on the day of the shoot.

. Maybe, depend on the day of the shoot

. Yes

. No

. Flashes might be a little cold, all depending on the day of the shoot.

. grey card

. Tripod, 24-70mm, 70-200mm, 2x Speed lights, 3 stands, triger, receivers, sand bags, flex arm, spring clamps, gels, white foam core, silver/golf reflector