Can only see one light - interesting video
http://hypebeast.com/2010/12/making-of-the-2011-pirelli-calendar/
http://hypebeast.com/2010/12/making-of-the-2011-pirelli-calendar/
NSFW video - Pirelli 2011 calendar - one light!
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Aw dude, you could have warned about the pork swords
I nearly spilt my coffee lol,
Was that a ringflash for the entire shoot ?
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Um, guys, you need to sharpen up on your observational skills.....
Not a ringflash - looks very much like a Profoto zoom reflector with a sock (showercap) on a stick.
No WAY those images were created with just that light - just for starters the models' toes wouldn't hardly be lit at all. Also at a couple of points in the video you can clearly see other lights. I've only watched the first 7 or 8 mins so far but if you pause it at 6:56 you can count 4, probably 5 lights plus 2 hot lights for the video.
But fascinating to watch Lagerfeld at work for a couple of reasons. (1) whole calendar appears to be shot on a roll of black paper (Remember he could have pretty much anything he wants including, say, Tobago) (2) How calm it is in the studio. (3) Watch the images pop up on the monitor. Yep, SOOC.
Oh and you have to dig the Profotos. Listen for the delay between the pop and the ready beep
Not a ringflash - looks very much like a Profoto zoom reflector with a sock (showercap) on a stick.
No WAY those images were created with just that light - just for starters the models' toes wouldn't hardly be lit at all. Also at a couple of points in the video you can clearly see other lights. I've only watched the first 7 or 8 mins so far but if you pause it at 6:56 you can count 4, probably 5 lights plus 2 hot lights for the video.
But fascinating to watch Lagerfeld at work for a couple of reasons. (1) whole calendar appears to be shot on a roll of black paper (Remember he could have pretty much anything he wants including, say, Tobago) (2) How calm it is in the studio. (3) Watch the images pop up on the monitor. Yep, SOOC.
Oh and you have to dig the Profotos. Listen for the delay between the pop and the ready beep
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bleh watch the drew gardener vid - amazingly shot, then this appallingly shot
I think that these were shot with, uh...different audiences in mind
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I think that these were shot with, uh...different audiences in mind
Joking apart the videos absolutely are shot for different markets.
Drew's is a very slick advertorial for him. Nicely packaged for viral distribution and gorgeous camera work by the Bui Brothers. It's a portfolio piece by a very clever photographer wanting to enhance his brand.
The other has Karl Lagerfeld in it. I suspect he doesn't feel the need to try.
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Isn't it strange how different people see things in such different ways?
My take on this is that this is a dream of a shoot - top photographer, top models, top MUA's and a very clever concept.
I've never met Karl Lagerfeld but it seems to me that he's very much like Michael Link, who I greatly admire. And like all 'old school' photographers he relies on his camera and lighting skills far more than on retouching skills. A master of the hard light (in this case a honeycombed Profoto) but with as many other fill and effect lights as are actually contributing. So many people on forums just don't seem to get hard lighting and seem to adopt the 'soft light good, hard light bad' belief... That philosophy worked well enough with Animal Farm (4 legs good, 2 legs bad) but certainly doesn't work with creative photography.
Why Profoto? I'm not impressed with some of the profoto design features and their zoom adjustment, which is basically just a sliding rubber boot that always sticks, is crude - but it works brilliantly and every single flash is exactly the same colour and has exactly the same energy, so there's a reason why it costs so much. Every single time that I make a comment that another make is '2nd tier' someone always says that I'm wrong, but it's obvious to me that these people have never used Profoto.
My take on this is that this is a dream of a shoot - top photographer, top models, top MUA's and a very clever concept.
I've never met Karl Lagerfeld but it seems to me that he's very much like Michael Link, who I greatly admire. And like all 'old school' photographers he relies on his camera and lighting skills far more than on retouching skills. A master of the hard light (in this case a honeycombed Profoto) but with as many other fill and effect lights as are actually contributing. So many people on forums just don't seem to get hard lighting and seem to adopt the 'soft light good, hard light bad' belief... That philosophy worked well enough with Animal Farm (4 legs good, 2 legs bad) but certainly doesn't work with creative photography.
Why Profoto? I'm not impressed with some of the profoto design features and their zoom adjustment, which is basically just a sliding rubber boot that always sticks, is crude - but it works brilliantly and every single flash is exactly the same colour and has exactly the same energy, so there's a reason why it costs so much. Every single time that I make a comment that another make is '2nd tier' someone always says that I'm wrong, but it's obvious to me that these people have never used Profoto.
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