Tuesday, August 3, 2010

Lighting a Hangar: Rachel Seniors

(aka: a decent into the land of the gels)


Rachel's dad worked as a mechanic on the National Guard helicopters, so she wanted to do some of her senior photos with the helicopter in the background.  The dress was planned, but the camo vest was grabbed on a whim from the pilot's seat.  We ran two studio strobes (one each with red and blue gels) behind the helicopter, lighting the hangar door.  My assistant was standing on a ladder camera right lighting Rachel with an SB-900 and a Lastolite softbox.





Here's what the hangar looked like in natural light.  The floor was spotless, and I think the resulting reflections added greatly to the image.

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