Fashion Shoot 2 - Menswear

Technical Information:

- Mobil Kit

- f/13 at 180th

- Ratio 1:8

- Background: zone 3 (f/5.6=correct exposure)

- Minimal post-production (mainly colour variations)

Aimed for harsh, minimal directional lighting, hence the high lighting ratio. The pics look slightly underexposed on blogger! Can't choose which one. I think I like the first and fifth one. What do people think?

Shots with 580exII:

Fashion Shoot 1 - Women's Swimwear

One of my fav shoots ever. No idea which one to submit, might submit 2 from here. Colours are a bit off on Blogger

5 Minute Shoot: Daylight and Flash

Felt a bit technically behind in Gash's shoot so I read Julian's post (thanks Julian, that post was so helpful) and did it for myself. It took me less than 5 minutes to get it 'right', I actually understand what I am doing now (lol!) and I could do it again in no time! And no doubt I will use this technique in my portfolio.

Technical Details:

1. I set my camera on 50 ISO

2. I set my shutter on 90th (I will set it on 200 next time so I get wider apertures than 22)

3. I took a reading of the ambient light (background) and it was f/11

4. So I set my camera to f/22, underexposing the daylight by 2 stops. I took a quick shot, yes, underexposed.

5. I adjusted the power setting and distance of the light to the model until I got a reading of f/22.

The Shots:

The parentals

Food Workshop

Didn't take many shots of my own food since I only ate a bread roll lol. The 'pressed chicken' wasn't very appetizing. And despite 'wannabe Ramsay' telling us off lol, I found myself more drawn to documenting how things happen behind the scenes. The interaction between the workers and the desire of authority interested me. Nathan you have balls for working in a kitchen! This is the first time I have seen a kitchen in action - what a chaotic place to work!

Technical Details

Close ups:

Shot with a large window light (back-lit) with use of reflectors at the front. Blue cast coming from window and yellow coming from tungsten lights indoor, so I had to adjust the white balance and then selectively adjust the blue cast from daylight on the white table cloth in shots like the ones of the butter.

Kitchen:

Many blown out areas due to strong lights in the centre of the kitchen. I desaturated a lot of the shots because of the strong yellow cast. ISO ranged from about 500-100, and pretty wide apertures (5.6). Strong contrasts due to white and black uniforms.

"I said two!"

A few detail shots

"Just go!"

"What!"