Free the Ripple
Apr, 2018Views
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Behind The Lens
Location
At the model's home (Rachelle Summers).Time
This was late afternoon in a curtained bedroom so natural light was excludedLighting
I'd been following the French photographer Dani Olivier on instagram and though he clearly uses some very sophisticated projection and slide design method wanted to try and achieve something similar. I'd found a few abstract images that I thought might be worth projecting onto Rachelle and had developed these further in photoshop as necessary. I then loaded them all into a powerpoint slide show so that I could easily flick through them when projected onto the model.Equipment
I was working handheld as I found that each projected image suggested different shooting angles, and similarly the flexibility afforded by my 24-70 f2.8 lens gave me options too. No flash as this would have overpowered the projector which isn't a powerful light source. I could have pushed the ISO further on my Canon 5d mk IV (this was shot at 250) but has happy to work at f2.8 as this also helped remove any background distractions in the room.Inspiration
Daniolivier.comEditing
I pulled down the black in post processing to remove any details other than those that were lit by the projector and probably painted black into the background to be doubly certain of removing these distractions.In my camera bag
The equipment referred to above plus a 70-200 f2.8. After that it depends what I'm shooting. I'll add a wide angle if shooting in cities or may include a macro or my lens baby velvet if out in the country and think that I might encounter some interesting floral subjects.Feedback
Of the various patterns that I projected I found that the most effect were detailed images with lots of repetition (in this case tightly packed lines) as these made more of the model's contours and so produced more effective results.
