{"id":7815,"date":"2011-04-07T01:51:49","date_gmt":"2011-04-07T05:51:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/?p=7815"},"modified":"2020-05-17T04:02:20","modified_gmt":"2020-05-17T08:02:20","slug":"on-a-photo-shoot-with-fashion-photographer-angie-lazaro","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/on-a-photo-shoot-with-fashion-photographer-angie-lazaro\/","title":{"rendered":"on a photo shoot with fashion photographer, Angie Lazaro"},"content":{"rendered":"

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It’s a great pleasure to present this guest spot by Angie Lazaro – a good friend from way back in South Africa. Angie is a fashion photographer in Cape Town<\/a>. Angie and I became friends at a time when I was still finding my way as a photographer, doing all kinds of freelance photo shoots … and she was still a photography student at a university in South Africa. We’ve both come a long way from those lunch-time conversations at the Full Stop caf\u00e9 in Melville, Johannesburg .. and I doubt either of us could’ve imagined where we’d end up over time.<\/p>\n

So I really am thrilled to present Angie now where she describes the setup of two photographs during a recent photo session in Cape Town …<\/p>\n

on a photo shoot \u2013 decisions, lighting, tweaking, ka-boom!<\/h2>\n

a guest post by Angie Lazaro<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

The two photographs shown here are from a series I shot for a magazine fashion editorial (Top Billing Magazine). The location is a new trendy hotel in the heart of Cape Town \u2013 the venue suited my needs in that it had great d\u00e9cor interest and enough space to work and move without disturbing the guests too much. The clothing was about using basics, such as the white t-shirt and classic white shirt whilst making it very fashionable in different combinations. During the first shot we realized the model needed a stronger look, the make-up artist added a fringe which suited the style and overall feel we wanted to achieve. A shoot is all about team work …<\/p>\n

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using a single light to create two different images<\/h2>\n

The golden high backed chair in the image above, was an obvious choice. The only inconvenience was that it was in<\/strong> the elevator. Using my studio flash box to keep the elevator doors open, we set to work. We held the elevator for 14 mins and after 186 shots we got what we wanted. I wanted the image to pop, with the right highlights and without making it too harsh; avoiding dark shadows and preserving the soft even tone of the model\u2019s skin.<\/p>\n

I used a small soft box, at a 1\/60, f\/8, 160 ISO, balancing the variables to get enough detail for depth with all the shiny d\u00e9cor detail sparkling. Behind the chair is a smoky mirror, but a mirror nevertheless. I placed the small softbox 90 degrees and head onto the chair to avoid the flash reflecting back in the mirror. I positioned myself below the flash and slightly lower than eye level to the model. We had the model in various positions but this one was more emotive and the garment and accessory detail was easily visible, which pleased the Fashion editor.<\/p>\n

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This shows how the model\u2019s look was transformed by make-up, and by changing her hairstyle, adding a fringe.<\/p>\n

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The mirror and digital screen can be clearly seen which determined the angle of the shot.<\/p>\n

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Positioning the camera slightly lower than eye level to the model<\/p>\n

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Bird’s-eye-view of the set-up<\/p>\n

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The second image:<\/p>\n

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The bronze swivel chair in a glossy vinyl was in keeping with the previous shot. We positioned it in front of a untextured blue grey wall. I decided not to use the soft box here as it would flatten the image and make it less of a high-end look that we wanted to achieve. We also needed it to match the style of the elevator image.<\/p>\n

I wanted the shadows on the wall to be a feature without it being distracting or creating a shadow behind the model\u2019s head. I put a snoot onto the 600w light and placed the light far back – about 7 meters away and at twice the height. The shadows were strong but not deadly and the light appeared less harsh due to the angle between the camera and light falling on the subject. I exposed to maintain the light feature detail on the base of the tile skirting, which adds to the glamour-gloss of the shot. (f\/8.0, 1\/60, 200 ISO)<\/p>\n

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The context within which the shot was taken and the position of the flash.<\/p>\n

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This highlight of the floor lights that I wanted to preserve in the final shot.<\/p>\n

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summary<\/h2>\n

I hope these two examples show the thought process in coming up with ideas during a photo session. It should also illustrate how we adapt the lighting techniques we use, to the situation we find ourselves in during an on-location photo shoot.<\/p>\n

Angie Lazaro<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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equipment used<\/h2>\n

1 x Elinchrome RX600 flash head
\n1 x Prolinca 26 x 26\u201d softbox
\n1 x Snoot
\nTrigger: Pulsar pocket wizard set<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It’s a great pleasure to present this guest spot by Angie Lazaro – a good friend from way back in South Africa. Angie is a fashion photographer in Cape Town. Angie and I became friends at a time when I was still finding my way as a photographer, doing all kinds of freelance photo shoots Read more inside…<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":30112,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[15,18,31,1],"tags":[],"yst_prominent_words":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-7815","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-flash-photography","8":"category-guest-spot","9":"category-photo-shoot","10":"category-uncategorized","11":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7815"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7815"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7815\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":48804,"href":"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7815\/revisions\/48804"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30112"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7815"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7815"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7815"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=7815"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}