HOLLYWOOD STYLE WITH SHALEENA BAIN

Shaleena Bain, a Gold Coast entertainer, model and performer. Together we shot a number of portraits at the Old Museum in Bowen Hills Brisbane Queensland. Built around the 1920s, was the perfect location for our styled shoot.

I thoroughly enjoyed working with Shaleena on such a fun and creative shoot. Looking forward to working with her again soon…

• Manfrotto 420B, Godox ML60 LED x2, inexpensive light stand (for the soft box),
  Godox Beauty Dish 54cm Silver with Bowens mount (silver for higher
  contrast, white for less) with grid, S2 Bracket (for Bowens mount adaption),
  inexpensive rectangular soft box, Kodak Tri-x 400, Canon A1, Canon 50mm f/1.4.

• 2 light setup, ideally suited for flexibility when on location. More
  than 3 lights might be a stretch.

Soft, beautiful glow on Shaleena’s face, from camera right (beauty dish) and some slight fill / spill.

Soft box to the left, Beauty Dish to the top right.

Probably my favourite.

TECHNIQUE & APPROACH #25

Using Kodak bwXX (5222), tri-colour or ‘technicolor’ process, with Red, Green and Blue pop filters. Using a combination of 3 filters, capturing the full spectrum of white light.

Red ‘Pop’ filter.

Green ‘Pop’ filter.

Blue ‘Pop’ filter.

The final image. R filtered image - Red Channel, Green filtered image - Green Channel and Blue filtered image - Blue Channel.

TECHNIQUE & APPROACH #24: STREET PHOTOGRAPHY NORTH EUROPE

Street Photography Guide. With a focus on light.

Stockholm, Sweden, with perfectly set light. Nice and low. Sunlight early morning or late afternoon is perfect. Giving a sort of studio lighting effect.

My obvious choice is black and white film. I guess it’s just the simplistic tones, mixed with good light capturing everyday life.

Stockholm, Sweden at twilight. Shallow depth of field, just perfect.

Copenhagen, Denmark. Double exposure. Waiting for the right moments. Taken in the middle of the day sheltered by the subject building. Creating some pattern with a double exposure slightly off with the 2nd frame.

Stockholm, Sweden. A good mix of tones / grey. Mostly wandering around and looking to see how the light works with the surroundings.

Hamburg, Germany. Moody tones on grey days. With a splash of light reflection on the window facade.

Helsinki, Finland. Lined up nicely with a good mix of tones.

Copenhagen, Denmark. Twilight. Silhouette from shopfront.

Lens selection is critical too. And film plane balance. When shooting consider building / vertical upward line distortion. This can either be fixed in post-production or using a tilt-shift lens. This allows you to move the film plane and prevent lens distortion.

If you shoot without panning the camera upwards, this will alleviate wide angle distortion.

This is simply an introduction, I do offer one to one training where I provide you with hands on practical tuition with the accompaniment of basic theory. Whether you shoot film or digital.