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Too bad.. I went there in march for tourism. Maybee next time.
Maybe, I hope you get a chance to return. Check out my DA Gallery to see if you like the style.
The studio lightning is special. What did you used?
The recent black and white ones I have? Or an older photo? My most recent photos are not in a studio and are available light photos. It is a conjunction of a bright window and a dark interior. I had a blast that day and the photos me and the model made are quite lovely. The older photos were shot in a studio I was renting for awhile and they had standard equipment.
One of these days I'd like to cross the border and shoot at Short Hills or DeCew Falls in St. Catharines, Ontario. Also, I have a friend who knows the people running the abandoned grain silos. I ought to expand my urban decay theme and try to shoot there at some point.
One of these days I'd like to cross the border and shoot at Short Hills or DeCew Falls in St. Catharines, Ontario. Also, I have a friend who knows the people running the abandoned grain silos. I ought to expand my urban decay theme and try to shoot there at some point.
It was the studio you rent. I wasn't a classical set up for photo. NOt from thoses i use.
If you do let me know. We'll see if we can book something.
If you do let me know. We'll see if we can book something.
I remember them being the studio strobes with modeling light and soft box attachment that are pretty common. I do not recall their exact brand name. I am thinking of getting, for myself, some stands and setting up with CFL bulbs. I'd like to have a portable / home studio set-up, it just costs money and I usually end up spending mine on models 
lol.
If you mean where I set the lights, well it is hard to describe - plus I like to play with lighting. Some I'll do with just one up high and no soft box. Usually, I'll put a soft key low and towards one side with a fill opposite and roughly 2 stops difference. A few times I tried butterfly lighting by having the key high and near me plus a fill. So most, if not all, the ones I have on my DA port is likely to be head height and roughly 40 - 60 degrees towards, say, my left (that is if the model was the center of a circle and the camera and light made an arc of about that many degrees.) Of course, I would then move around the space with the camera, so that merely describes the initial set-up. The fill is off on the other side. Mind you, it has been a while for me, since I rented the studio.
If you want to use our time together exploring lights, I can borrow some empty space from a friend and set it up as a temporary shooting space. Get some lights, or put some on camera flashes onto stands. Get some light modifiers. Bring your camera and we can both take digital pictures to see how it looks, than move the lights around and play some more. Like riding a bicycle, I think I can get the lights placed by reawakening old habits. We can both use it as an educational experience into how to get at a desired look. You can show me how you do it, I'll show you how I do it, and then we can find some new ways to do it. I could even try to make plans for some time off and tour Montreal - so that on one of the days we play with your lights and space. However it works out.
lol. If you mean where I set the lights, well it is hard to describe - plus I like to play with lighting. Some I'll do with just one up high and no soft box. Usually, I'll put a soft key low and towards one side with a fill opposite and roughly 2 stops difference. A few times I tried butterfly lighting by having the key high and near me plus a fill. So most, if not all, the ones I have on my DA port is likely to be head height and roughly 40 - 60 degrees towards, say, my left (that is if the model was the center of a circle and the camera and light made an arc of about that many degrees.) Of course, I would then move around the space with the camera, so that merely describes the initial set-up. The fill is off on the other side. Mind you, it has been a while for me, since I rented the studio.
If you want to use our time together exploring lights, I can borrow some empty space from a friend and set it up as a temporary shooting space. Get some lights, or put some on camera flashes onto stands. Get some light modifiers. Bring your camera and we can both take digital pictures to see how it looks, than move the lights around and play some more. Like riding a bicycle, I think I can get the lights placed by reawakening old habits. We can both use it as an educational experience into how to get at a desired look. You can show me how you do it, I'll show you how I do it, and then we can find some new ways to do it. I could even try to make plans for some time off and tour Montreal - so that on one of the days we play with your lights and space. However it works out.