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Ice Queen with lightning orb

Feb, 2018

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Behind The Lens

Location

I took this image in woodlands close to a village called Rowlands Castle in the Hampshire countryside.

Time

This Photoshoot was during the afternoon on a very cold February day. It was raining, the woodland paths were very muddy and slippery, I was amazed at how little mud the model got on the wedding dress!

Lighting

Natural light with a couple of static portable LED lamps to lift the shadows.

Equipment

This image was captured using a Canon 6D handheld with Canon 70-300mm 1:4/5.6 L IS USM lens on 300mm to get a very shallow Depth of field. There was a couple of static LED lights to help light the subject as the weather that day was not very kind...In fact it was very cold and raining.

Inspiration

I love taking pictures of most things and haven't really specialised in any one field, my two favorite subjects are people and landscapes. This was a Fantasy Winter Wonderland themed type photo-shoot, and I felt the images without a little Photoshop magic to add special effects would have left the images looking like any other portrait shoot I had done in the past.

Editing

I always shoot in RAW to get the most out of any picture that I take, and try to get as much of the final image captured correctly in camera. My first post production process is to crop the image and make small adjustments to get the image looking the best it can in Lightroom 4, usually just tweaking clarity, sharpening, noise reduction settings. For this image I completed the look using Photoshop, creating the falling snow, and the glowing orb with lightening. I also had to change the colour of her hand to match her face as the MUA forgot to do it, (I'm not the best at Photoshop so I hope I got away with it!)

In my camera bag

Canon EOS 6D. I now only carry 3 lenses, my new favourite Canon EF50mm 1.8 STM, Canon EF24-70mm 1:2.8 L USM and the robust Canon 70-300mm 1:4/5.6 L IS USM. Manfrotto Compact MKC3-P02 tripod. A remote timer/shutter release. Hoya circular polarising and B+W 10 stop ND filters for each lens. Loads of memory cards and a couple of spare batteries.

Feedback

Using a long lens gives a very shallow Depth of field resulting in a very blurred background so the subject becomes separated from all of the distractions. If you have the right gear, try shooting in less than ideal weather conditions, you may find you get surprising results!

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Ice Queen with lightning orb

Behind The Lens

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