Drummer Dan
Dan is the drummer of Brighton-based band, Black Rooster Black Shag. I did a promo shoot with them recently but this shot was intended to be a test of the light...
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Dan is the drummer of Brighton-based band, Black Rooster Black Shag. I did a promo shoot with them recently but this shot was intended to be a test of the lighting while the other two band members were having a costume change mid-shoot. I asked Dan to strike a rock 'n' roll pose and he obliged, tongue-in-cheek.
Black Rooster Black Shag are a very cool band - check out their band profile and sounds here: www.facebook.com-BlackRoosterBlackShagOfficial-app_240516...
Strobist info:
Key light was a Nikon speedlight in a gridded beauty dish camera left
A second gridded Nikon speedlight behind the subject to camera right was used as a rim light
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Black Rooster Black Shag are a very cool band - check out their band profile and sounds here: www.facebook.com-BlackRoosterBlackShagOfficial-app_240516...
Strobist info:
Key light was a Nikon speedlight in a gridded beauty dish camera left
A second gridded Nikon speedlight behind the subject to camera right was used as a rim light
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S3Models
March 19, 2015
I like this, a good portrait with attitude.
Watch out for the shadows falling across the lower chest.
Maybe use a fill light to cover this in your next ones.
bring some more with greater detail and maybe an HDR image of a similar shot..?
Watch out for the shadows falling across the lower chest.
Maybe use a fill light to cover this in your next ones.
bring some more with greater detail and maybe an HDR image of a similar shot..?
whn64
July 15, 2015
Thanks S3Models - this was a totally spontaneous test shot only and so I didn't think too much about getting the lighting right on the front of his T-shirt
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Behind The Lens
Location
This photo of Dan Brown, drummer of Brighton-based band Black Rooster Black Shag, was taken in the basement apartment of the band in Brighton.Time
In the evening. This was actually a test shot to tweak the lighting for a promo shoot with the band. The two other band members were getting changed and so I asked Dan to strike a rock 'n' roll pose for a joke. However, he obliged, tongue-in-cheek!Lighting
This shot was lit with two Nikon speedlights triggered off-camera using Commlite Comtrig T320 wireless triggers. The key light was a speedlight in a gridded beauty dish camera left A second gridded speedlight behind the subject to camera right was used as a rim light. The background was a black bedsheetEquipment
Camera: Nikon D7000 with Tamron 17-50 f2.8 lens Flash: two Nikon speedlights (old-generation ones; either SB25, SB26, SB28, or SB80) on manual settings The key light was modified using a gridded beauty dish to control the light spill. The rim light was also gridded using a home-made Coroplast grid.Inspiration
Black Rooster Black Shag have a dark noir sound and so I wanted to aim for low key lighting. The philosophy was very much according to the quote from reknowned photographer Joe McNally: "If you want something to look interesting, don't light all of it." The grids on both lights were necessary to control light spill, eg, from the black background. The pose and expression were entirely down to the creativity of the subject!Editing
This image was edited using Photoshop to apply the Bleach Bypass effect to give it a more gritty, contrasty look. The method I used was specifically the one described in this free online tutorial: http://www.digitalcameraworld.com/2012/05/15/bleach-bypass-how-to-make-extreme-portraits/In my camera bag
Two Nikons, one full-frame (D610) usually with a Nikon 24-70mm f2.8 lens and one cropped frame (D7000) usually with a Nikon 80-200mm f2.8 lens. Four or five speedlights, mainly Nikon SB80s which are always used in manual mode. I like these because they're old-gen (=cheap) and can be set at really low power (1/128th power) to give just a kiss of light Commlite Comtrig T320 wireless triggers: 5 receivers and 1 transmitter Rosco Strobist Collection flash gels Nikon wireless remoteFeedback
This image was mainly about the lighting and being able to set it up quickly on location. That's why I would always go with manual speedlights for portability and not being reliant on an external power source If you study the lighting on the subject, it's pretty easy to work out where my two lights were placed and so the other tip is using grids to control light spill for the low-key lighting. And that's the other reason why I like speedlights rather than larger studio lights: even though the camera was set at ISO 200, I only needed low power light - probably 1/8th to 1/32nd power on my Nikon speedlights. Studio lights would have been too overpowering for this shot.
