The last weekend’s portrait shoot was so much fun! Met up again with Hannah and Colin to do another shoot. I used a lot of new techniques which I had learned recently and I’m very pleased with the results.
Ken walking across the bridge to meet with us...
As we were on the bridge, this became the first location for the shoot.
Catching moments when there was nobody on the bridge quickly became quite challenging.
I had planned this image when I photographed the Newtown Carnival a few weeks ago.
There's always an opportunity to do close-up shots like these...
While we were near the bridge, decided to put my camera to work on some wide angle shots.
The same scene from a high view point. Used Photoshop to create a different look and feel to the image.
Ken almost looks like a bouncer in this frame.
The wonderful world of flash, gels and colour temperature adjustments.
Time for Hannah and I love how this image looks in Black & White.
Before I shot again at this location at 'the wall', I asked if Ken wanted similar images to what he had seen before. He instantly said yes, so we quickly went to work I tried a few other angles.
You can see how much Ken was enjoying the shoot. We all had a really good laugh...
I might try more shots like this in future...
The crazy things you can do with a wide angle lens! 😉
Mixing flash with ambient light. Yeah!
More flash with ambient light techniques being applied here.
The flash is actually placed behind Colin.
Time for more close-ups...
Hannah is being lit with a large 1.8m x 1.2m reflector (as are the next few images).
The establishing shot of where we were.
We bought the roses before the shoot as a prop.
Hannah & Colin are just great together and wonderful to photograph.
Shortly after taking this shot, we moved on to another location not far away...
In the past we had a few issues in getting this location to work properly. But with 3 flashes and a decent amount of ambient light makes all the difference.
A wide shot with Hannah & Colin.
Then a quick few moments to squeeze some natural light shots before we moved on.
Near the river I shot this in low light. ISO 800, 1/80 sec, F2.8.
I just love this photograph! Hannah's look is priceless.
Found a nice smooth blue metal surface... perfect for this kind of shot.
Just when we thought the shoot was over... we headed into town and I took the opportunity to take a few more frames before it was really over for the day.
Shot in natural light...
Used flash to backlight Hannah & Colin and I love the shadow on the wall!
I'm really starting to enjoy taking these kinds of images. This is what I'm calling a perspective shot. Hannah and Colin cannot actually see each other, but it is implied in the photograph.
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