I have a fascination with shaping light and controlling it to do different things. This is a practice I apply in many of my shoots. The photos you see here are a result of different ways I have manipulated off camera TTL flashes to be a separate entity in my photographs.
Model: Kendall Gassen
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We traveled up stairs in the new Hotel LeVeque to have a sneak peak at one of their new suites. Just as the rest of the hotel the rooms in this suite were decorated in the same modernized art deco constellation theme as the rest of the hotel. The hints of gold light fixtures, chairs and drawer handles incorporated throughout the suite gave the rooms a luxurious and sophisticated feel. Liz's choice of a jewel tone color palette ended up complimenting the guest suite so nicely. Her green twist shift dress, midnight blue fur stole and Manolo Blahnik heels played homage to the 1920s art deco era with a contemporary touch.
Similarly to the photos in the lobby of the hotel, I knew I would have to mix natural light and my TTL flashes for the shots in the guest suite. Throwing in a reflector here and there (held by the ever so wonderful Quinn and Danny) to bounce some light into the frame gives us the final shots you see above!
Make sure to check out Liz's post here!
On location shooting is some of my favorite stuff to do! Not only do you get to photograph in some really interesting places but it also raises a challenge of working with the available light at your location and mixing it with the studio lights that you brought.
Mixing light is something most people don’t often think about while they are shooting and if you aren’t aware of it, your images can turn out looking nothing like what you planned on. If there’s a lot of artificial light in your location that you don’t want included in your images at all. then you really have to crank the power on your studio lights to overpower the artificial and vice versa if you want some of the environmental artificial light to be included in your image.
Model: Ellie Kozan - check out her website here!
