Just been asked to do a really interesting shoot - advice please

[UaeExile]

Just read this thread and very intresting read it was too. I have never done anything at all like this (too scared) and don't feel confident enough. Anyways just wanted to thank Adam for actually showing us the results of his efforts as this is very rare on the forums for some reason, well done too I was thinking though, did you not get the stands to work or not have the time to set them up ? Plus with my limited knowledge should the lights have been higher ? Or would that not have been dramatic enough for you?

Gaz

Hi Gaz,

To be honest I had a total nightmare that day. I had to drop my wife off for a minor operation in the morning before heading into the office, so I lugged all of my light stands and modifiers down to the car but the bloody thing wouldn't start. We were really short for time so I made the choice to ditch the stands and just have colleagues hold the soft box and umbrella - that turned out to be a huge mistake and it was more stressful directing my human light stands than it was the models

Anyway I've chalked it off as an interesting learning curve, and Im confident I could do something much better next time

 

[simonbarker]

We were really short for time so I made the choice to ditch the stands and just have colleagues hold the soft box and umbrella - that turned out to be a huge mistake and it was more stressful directing my human light stands than it was the models

Much like their inanimate counterparts a quick blast with WD40 usually helps them behave.

 

[UaeExile]

Much like their inanimate counterparts a quick blast with WD40 usually helps them behave.

They were quite senior colleagues, and as you can see from the end result, I'm not going to be making money from photography anytime soon, so I was on my best behaviour!