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video clip – photo session with Jen & David

September 11, 2009

Jen & David – anniversary photo session from Neil van Niekerk on Vimeo.
[ if the video is choppy, let the clip buffer completely first, or turn off HD ]

Jennifer and David met up with me on their first anniversary of their wedding for a photo session in the same place where we had their engagement photo session – Skylands Manor in Ringwood, NJ. What I really like about the estate grounds is that it offers such a variety of beautiful settings for portrait sessions. Here is a video clip of the photo session as another glimpse in how I work with my clients and look for opportunities and angles to give my client a variety of images.

Here are a few of the images from the session that were used in the clip ..

13 Comments »

great work Neil! I saw always your flash on your camera without any modifier… did it flash every time? I mean… do you use always your flash for filling like I read somewhere on your blog between -2 to -3 ev? as always we can’t see the flash… so well balanced. nice job! cheers.

Comment by Daniel Fuentealba — September 11, 2009 @ 9:16 pm
Daniel .. nope, my flash didn’t fire every time. Only when I wanted that touch of fill-flash would I allow the speedlight to give me that kiss of light .. TTL flash at -3EV. (actually, -5 EV with the Nikon D3)

The 2nd image posted here, with the couple sitting against that green backdrop .. you can see in the clip that I had used fill-flash there. I needed to lift the shadows juuuust a touch.

And since I never intended to use my on-camera flash as more than that kiss of light, I used direct flash.

Neil vN

Comment by Neil — September 11, 2009 @ 9:46 pm
Hello Neil,

for the very first time I saw you with on camera flash. What was you decision to let your soft boxes at home? Did you use CTO for your flash ?

Regards from London
Andreas

Comment by Andreas Schroeder — September 11, 2009 @ 10:19 pm
Andreas … with this shoot I didn’t use a gel on my flash, even though I have gels stuck to my lens hood at all times.

However, during a previous shoot with the same couple, I did use a 1/2 CTS gel to warm my flash to be closer in colour to the light from the setting sun. The link to the page … and here’s the specific image.

Neil vN

Comment by Neil — September 12, 2009 @ 1:53 am
Nice work Neil. You make it look so simple.

Comment by Eileen — September 12, 2009 @ 2:21 am
Neil, great video to watch, really enjoy these videos they are very informative. Keep up the great work.
John

Comment by John Lewis — September 14, 2009 @ 5:25 pm
Terrific video! I really enjoy your style of shooting Neil. BTW…your book arrived recently and it’s a pure gem.

Comment by Tom K. — September 15, 2009 @ 12:13 am
Neil, excelente trabalho… as fotos ficaram incrível.
parabéns pelo ótimo video, esperamos mais…
um abraço

Comment by Ricardo Carvalho — September 15, 2009 @ 7:19 am
Hi Neil! – These videos give me a lot of insight as to what goes on during a photo shoot. I learn more quickly by watching instead of reading. Please please keep posting these videos.

Comment by Laura — September 16, 2009 @ 12:27 am
Hallo Neil.

Fantasties. Uitstekende fotografie. Ek het nooit aan flits ligte geglo nie. Ek het klaar my canon 580 aangeskaf. Dankie dat jy jou kennis met ons deel.

Groete

Danie

Comment by Danie van Wyk — October 14, 2009 @ 6:29 pm
Nice video…btw which band played the song ?.

TIA,

JohnG

Comment by JohnG — May 28, 2010 @ 6:29 pm
John .. it’s a royalty-free clip that I purchased off Triple Scoop Music. I don’t recall exactly which song it was, but delve around in their site. They have a lot of good tunes.

Neil vN

Comment by Neil vN — May 28, 2010 @ 7:49 pm
Neil,

I’ve figured it out…it’s the instrumental version of According To Me.

Cheers,

JohnG.

Comment by JohnG — May 31, 2010 @ 8:27 pm