Making the city of Adelaide light up with Samantha - a Series of 9 images
What better way to have a first photoshoot with a model you've never met before than under the cover of darkness, by a river, in the city? That's exactly what Samantha's photoshoot was all about. To be fair, it didn't start when the sun had gone down - it started just before, intentionally, in order to ensure that there would be the opportunity for some natural light shots, coupled with some artificial light shots, which is exactly what was achieved.
The first image is a part of a foot bridge that goes over our local river here in Adelaide, the River Torrens. The Bridge has all sorts of lighting on it, and we decided to augment this with LED string lights of various types.
Before I share too many of those images, allow me to share the images that were captured before the sun totally disappeared.
This last image is probably my favourite of the pre-darkness images - Samantha nailed the expression and the pose, and I had my off camera flash in just the right place.
These images were all shot on a single lens, the Tamron 24-70 f/2.8 G2. I love that lens.
What about when it got dark? Then, it was time for my Nikon D750's low light capabilities to kick in!
Total time for this shoot was around ~2 hours, most of it spent walking around from location to location within the city.
My Camera Kit and Gear:
2x Nikon D750
Tamron 24-70 f/2.8 VC USD G2
Tamron 70-200 f/2.8 VC USD G2
Nikkor 50mm f/1.4 D
Nikkor 105 f/2 DC
2x Godox TT685N
1x Godox Pro X1 Trigger
Always open to criticism!
Those zoom lenses seem to be in everyone’s kit “24-70” and “70-200” I guess your just missing the “18-35”
The 14-24 is next on my list!
What’s your thoughts on a compromise zoom like the “24-105”
A 2.8 one would be very heavy. :D
They're fine for travel / holidays / amateur work (I hear the Sony one is quite exceptional, but its only a F4).
Lenses with larger ranges of focal lengths can tend to paralyse people by giving them too much choice.
It also does not encourage them to obtain a cohesive "set" of images from a shoot. You can make a face look very different if you shoot it at 24, then 105, under the same light.
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Thank you!
Nice one...She makes an interesting Christmas tree...(Probably not what you were going for though.) Lol. I hope you're well mate.
I should've done this shoot during December and called it exactly that :D
Could have, but I'm not sure how well she'd take to being called a Christmas tree.
Do you ever run out of ideas for places to shoot around here? There's loads of good spots. You should do something around the wharfs near Port Adelaide. They have some cool rustic machinery, cranes and assorted rubbish down there...Could be good for the right shoot.
I don't really run out of places to shoot, and Port Adelaide is definitely a place I'd love to explore more on foot with a model that has some (appropriate) footwear and a penchant for adventure.
There's so much rich texture around the place there.
Anywhere can be a good location for photography, its all about the light, the angles, and the talent on either side of the lens! :)
Yes, light, angles fandangles...I'm not a photographer so for me anywhere is a good place to bugger up a photo! Lol.
I can see why your favourite is your favourite, they are all pretty damn nice though XD And the ones done with the leds look like fun :)
Thank you!
Most of the time was spent walking around the city. 15/10,000th of a second were spent taking photos.
Very close, I think the slowest shutter speed used was 1/60th of a second ;)