A 30 Minute Improvised Shoot
I was on my way to the coast to scout an indoor location. I twittered about it and pro model Sylviane saw that message on my Facebook (my Twitter status automatically updates my Facebook status).
Sylviane lives pretty close to that place and asked if I fancied a short improvised shoot.
Sylviane is the kind of woman that can splash a bit of water in her face and look better than most people after 3 hours of quality time with a skilled make up artist. So by the time I finished the scouting, she arrived at the parking lot. We walked for 200 meters and started shooting.
I only had one camera, a 24-70 and a speedlight in my bag (for the location scouting). In the trunk of my car, I also found a California Sunbounce Mini. I usually travel a bit heavier and would probably use off-camera flashes and an other lens in these shooting circumstances. But I always welcome challenges like this.
Just this morning, I watched a video that made me think about revisiting a lighting technique that I haven’t used for a long time. And thanks to this improvised shoot, I got a chance to use it before I forgot again. It worked out pretty well, I’ll probably talk about it in a later blogpost.
Sylviane is such a beautiful and skilled model, that it’s hard NOT to make good pictures of her. What I appreciate a lot is that she’s just as passionate about her job as I’m about mine. We’ve worked together for just three short, improvised shoots so far. We really need to do a ‘big’ shoot together soon.
It also felt nice to shoot just for fun, even if it was only for half an hour. I really need to do that from time to time.
Hi Bert, very nice shots….so simple and pure.
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she is so beautiful
great images, very simple but great
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Bert
I love that you can make amazing photos with wonderfully beautiful models and simple lighting and have great photos from it – thank you for sharing what you do and how you do it (I am looking forward to your post about the lighting)
nice work! talented one!
very beautifully shot with the 450D! impressive work!
Nice photos.
Drck: Btw, the exif info on twitter says, that the camera was the: 1Ds Mk II.
( sorry, i meant flickr …. early morning
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Great images indeed. Every pic is brilliant. Which camera you use?
I love the way you used lightning. All the models look so beautiful.
Oh ya, Pipo i’m referring to the video in bert’s youtube, lol… =)
as usual nice shots, nice lighting
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Brilliant Posting! Excellent Style!!! Congratulations!!!
Very nice shots , I am willing to see that revisiting a lighting technique .
Many thanks ,
Great as usual Bert, thanks always for the inspiration! I’m craving some “LIME”-ade =)
Cheers!
Alim
Nice Bert! as always
Hi,
What a simple snap.
Lady i looking so nice.
Thanks for sharing.
very nice
very nice shots, shows the class of photography