{"id":12156,"date":"2012-12-10T11:25:18","date_gmt":"2012-12-10T15:25:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/?p=12156"},"modified":"2017-08-12T09:52:55","modified_gmt":"2017-08-12T13:52:55","slug":"photo-session-modern-gypsies-mermaid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/photo-session-modern-gypsies-mermaid\/","title":{"rendered":"Photo session – Modern Gypsies – mermaid"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Photo session\u00a0– Modern Gypsies – mermaid<\/h1>\n

When the Modern Gypsies<\/a>\u00a0asked me to photograph their one performance piece in a night-club in Manhattan, I wasn’t sure what equipment to bring along. I tend to over-prepare and bring too much. You know, just in case. So I have a tendency to overload myself with gear at times. It’s a discipline thing then to strip it down to just the essentials … but still be flexible enough to accomodate a challenging situation.<\/p>\n

The previous time I photographed them, I knew there would be a large prep room, so I could bring in extra gear such as light-stands and softboxes. It worked out quite well for the example I showed on the Tangents blog –\u00a0Modern Gypsies – masked dancers<\/a>, as well as other photos out on the street, where the off-camera flash helped.<\/p>\n

This time, I suspected I might need to travel much lighter. Night clubs aren’t the placed to walk around loaded with gear. So while I did load off-camera lighting and such into my car, I left most of my gear in the car. In my shoulder bag – the Think Tank Retrospective 20<\/a>\u00a0(affiliate<\/em>)\u00a0– I kept only the one \u00a0camera, three lenses, and two speedlights.<\/p>\n

The performer is Irene, also known as\u00a0Bird Girl<\/a>\u00a0in other performances. (You can follow her as @violinartiste on Instagram)<\/p>\n

The photo at the top was taken with the\u00a0Nikon D4<\/a>\u00a0(affiliate<\/em>)\u00a0and Nikon AF-S 35mm f\/1.4G<\/a>\u00a0(affiliate<\/em>)\u00a0using only the lights there in the night-club.\u00a0camera settings: \u00a01\/60 @ f\/1.8 @ 3200 ISO \u00a0The available light looked great when it worked to my advantage, but I soon knew that I’d need to add a bit of fill-light from bounce flash<\/a> …<\/p>\n

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Another image which worked well with the ever-changing light there.<\/p>\n