Photoshoot RECAP: Anca
Just to catch up with past blogs/ photoshoots. It’s been a while, here is a shoot you’ve probably seen all the photos of, but here is the post for it. This shoot I worked with Warren, Walter and Anca, a great local model, another european beauty in the DC area. I essentially wanted to shoot outdoors on-location to capture moving lights, the hustle and bustle of the city. I initially chose to shoot in Georgetown, but having driven through Georgetown at night, there isn’t much in terms of interesting lighting such as neons. Hence we decided to change the venue and shoot in Chinatown. We prepped in DC Photo Coop, a great local studio.
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Many people have questioned the technique of the photos. All the light streaks are in the original photograph, none of the lights were photoshopped in. This is simple shutter drag. I was moving the camera while composing the photograph. Moving the camera quickly with a shutterspeed around 1/15 a sec captures the light dragging. Then you capture the model using a brighter light source. In this particular case, this was done with a SB900 mounted on a monopod bouncing with an umbrella. We were moving constantly capturing different parts of Chinatown to get the various sceneries.
One thing to point out is that it is useful on every shoot to let everyone know of the concept in mind. For instance, with this concept it’s important to get motion and reflections. Because there was so much motion in the photograph, it was important to get the big flowy hair which Warren did a fabulous job on. (If Anca had been wearing a bun, it would’ve gotten lost in the photograph.)
Now also becaouse of the dark mood of things, Anca would’ve been lost in the bright colourful scenery if she was wearing dark matte clothing. So instead we chose very reflective clothing as the sequine dress which captures everything so well. Also all the tops in these photos were provided by another local talent, Viola Ricci in Baltimore.
So enjoy the photos. More blog posts to come in the next couple weeks.
