Just before the New Year I (and Graham Law) photographed a local band Velvet Dukes who were performing in the Exchange in Newtown. Here are a few frames from the session:
The lens flare created by the flash adds drama to this image.
This was lit with 2 flashes strategically placed.
Will Barns is lit here with 3 flashes. A soft key light, a hard kick light and flash wide open to light the background.
A wider view of the scene. You can see where 2 of the 3 flashes are placed.
Here is Will Barns and Dai Robs photographed using the same 3 flash lighting setup.
Base player in the band...
The drummer!
Another view of the drummer...
Will Barns from a unique angle using the walls to create verticals in the frame.
Close up of Will Barns on his guitar.
This was lit with a single flash. We used the wall to create a large light source resulting in a soft key light.
Dai Robs in action...
Another close up...
I post-processed this shot with a slightly different colour pallet.
A wide view of nearly all the band...
Some really nice shots there Gwyn, Very nice use of lighting and also noticed the blue gel adding some welcome colour to one of the shots…
Thanks Barry. I was a great shoot with Graham and I pulling all our gear into the mix. At times we were shooting with up to 4 flashes in different configurations.