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Behind-the-scenes video clip – Photo shoot w/ Ulorin Vex

March 30, 2014 Neil vN 8 Comments

Video clip: behind-the-scenes during photo session w/ Ulorin Vex

I’ve posted some of the images from the recent photo session in my studio, with Ulorin Vex – and here is the behind-the-scenes video clip. The instructional stuff will be in the related articles – this is more of a glimpse of the rhythm of the shoot in the studio.

 

Related articles

  • Harder light sources in the studio – flash & continuous light  (model: Ulorin Vex)
  • Inspiration, learning, and then adjusting & adapting  (model: Ulorin Vex)
  • Creating foreground bokeh effects  (model: Ulorin Vex)
  • review: Litepanels Sola 4 LED Fresnel Light   (model: Ulorin Vex)
  • Video clip: photo session in the studio   (model: Anelisa)
  • For more videos, follow me on Vimeo / YouTube

 

Photo gear (or equivalents) used during the photo session

  • Nikon D4
  • Nikon 24-70mm f2.8G AF-S  /  Canon 24-70mm f/2.8L II
  • Nikon 70-200mm f2.8 AF-S VR II  /  Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS II
  • Profoto D1 Air 500 Ws studio light
  • Profoto beauty dish with a honeycomb grid (25 degrees)
  • Profoto RFi 1’×4′ softbox with a Profoto 50 degree 1×4 soft-grid
  • Profoto 5.0′ RFi Octa Softbox
  • Litepanels Sola 4 LED Fresnel Lights

 

Equipment used to create the video clip

  • Nikon D4
  • Nikon 24-70mm f2.8G AF-S
  • Manfrotto Fluid-head Video Monopod
  • Manfrotto 458B NeoTec Pro tripod
  • Manfrotto Fluid-head Monopod for Video
  • Sennheiser Lavalier microphone
  • video clip edited with Final Cut Pro X

 

Credits

  • Model:  Ulorin Vex
  • Make-up artist: Nicole Whitehall
  • Hair dresser:  Karla Serrano

 

 

Filed Under: photo shoot, Ulorin Vex, Uncategorized, video clip Tagged With: BTS studio photo shoot


 

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8 Comments, Add Your Own

  1. 1Roy Barnes says

    March 31, 2014 at 4:44 am

    Bloody awesome Neil! But what I really like about this is the way in which it is is possible to relate the final images back to the video shots when they were taken. For example, the Lensbaby image and that where you held the crystal flower ‘thingy’ in front of the lens (this latter I am now keen to experiment with myself). Magic!

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  2. 2Peter Salo says

    March 31, 2014 at 10:52 am

    Great video, well done!

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  3. 3Eon says

    March 31, 2014 at 11:55 am

    Fabulous to see you at work Neil.

    Reply
  4. 4Rudy says

    March 31, 2014 at 3:50 pm

    Neil,

    absolutely awesome to watch. Loved it.

    Rudy

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  5. 5chaim meiersdorf says

    April 1, 2014 at 3:00 am

    You are really outdoing yourself. Amazing images. It is hard to see what flashes gave what effect.

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  6. 6Nicole Whitehall says

    April 1, 2014 at 6:47 am

    Absolutely brilliant! That was a fantastic shoot and the video captures that. You’ve outdone yourself!

    Reply
  7. 7Nandita Bery says

    April 1, 2014 at 11:19 am

    Stunning colors! I’m obsessed with how you can separate them perfectly. I don’t think I’ll ever get there.

    Reply
  8. 8Staj says

    August 26, 2014 at 1:05 pm

    I typically think Studio shoots are way too boring compared to Outdoor/on-location shoots, but there was nothing boring about this. It seem very engaging, interactive, lovely outfits, Gorgeous Model …etc. Lovely Video. Thanks a lot Neil for the continuous Education and Inspiration…Big shoutout to the make-up people also.

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