Garage
Part of a series of pictures from a long walk around the city, looking for interesting urban-cyberpunk scenes. This one has a bit more post production, where I ...
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Part of a series of pictures from a long walk around the city, looking for interesting urban-cyberpunk scenes. This one has a bit more post production, where I added light flares similar to cinestill
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Location
This photo was taken in a parking garage in downtown Lexington, Kentucky.Time
A little after midnight, give or take. My model and I spent the night walking around the city and shooting at different locations. I think we wrapped up around 2am.Lighting
I only use natural lighting, or at least whats natural to the scene. Im not big on flashes or softboxes for photography, but I will occasionally use a bounce. So this shot in particular is just fluorescent parking lights.Equipment
I use a Canon 6D and a Canon 50mm f/1.8. I really enjoy just having the bare minimum and using my surroundings to make the image.Inspiration
We were walking around this garage after we took some in the lot outside and I didnt really have use for this spot, but while one of our friends and I were talking, my model started doing some weird poses and I suddenly was like "wait, do that again"Editing
I always do some moderate to heavy post processing in lightroom and sometimes photoshop. For this shot, just basic corrections and color grading. I pushed blues in the shadows, yellows and oranges in the mids and highlights. Then in photoshop, I duplicated the image and screen overlayed it with a little "blend if" to make the hazy parts of the image. Finally I used a Photoshop Action from Jamie Windsor to create the red flairs.In my camera bag
I usually dont carry a bag unless Im doing a wedding or an event. Normally its just the camera, my lens of choice, and a spare battery. In my bag, I have some ND filters, a rode mic, weights for my stabilizer, a 2-bay battery charger, and a cleaning kit.Feedback
My method is always just go with the moment. Most of the time Im trying to plan shots before they happen, but a lot of the time, Im just walking around and planning in the moment. For a shot similar to this, shooting low and adding some backlighting and a little bit of symmetry goes a long way.
