Shot Nick today. Not only a great down to earth friend, but a great looking model who is really willing to work and very result oriented.
This was the forst time I shot anything on plain air and boy does it feel good to return "home"!!
no more restricted studios, no mind bending backwards about "what else can we create here near a white wall?" I love shooting outside and all that hard earned cash that went into battery powered systems are paying off (and paying for themselves) with great results that are pleasing to work with and provide seamless workflow. Viva my Rangers! can't say enough how good these things are. There's only one downside - I don't have more of them. And that RX Speed is heavy.
By the way there's a new kid in town
but 4 grand for a light????????? Hensel - ARE YOU OUT OF YOUR FREAKIN MIND?
oh well...
anyway, so we went out to Kenneth Hahn Park , close to our house and shot a simple "cowboy" jeans ad style like stuff, just to get back into the routine of shooting in the wind and chilly weather (yes, California can be cold, usually because people under estimate the temperature outside and wear t-shirts all the time)
We had a Deep octa with the front removed for harder shadows, to make Nick even edgier and tougher than he already is :)) Orange sunset gave some beautiful color, and yes, it was enhanced just a tad.
The rim was held up at 9 ft by my wonderful wife. Just a wide angle reflected to separate Nick from the BG. i like the results.
The BW image went some processing, that is similar to Dave Hills technique, yet a lot more subdued. It's just so overdone that I had to too give it a try :) There's really nothing tough about this as long as the light is right. Photoshop and high pass filters can only take you so far...
I used NIK suite to process these images. Here's some samples from the shoot.
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