Wardour Castle Shoot
Just realised that I never dropped a post in for a shoot at Wardour Castle, the location used for some of “Robin Hood, Prince of Thieves”, back in October. The shoot had some nice texture due to the location itself, but also the modern military feel of some parts as we’d managed to scrounge up a jeep and a whole load of military props – the name of the chap who brought these along has eluded my shabby memory, but many thanks are due!
The interesting thing for me about this shoot was the comparison of two very different lighting styles. As the day progressed, I was able to do some static setups which comprised reasonably well thought through lighting, which gave me the kind of look I was hoping for. However, at other times, time pressures demanded that I was almost operating in ”point and shoot” manner, and had to rely on the fast light-on-a-stick setup which I described back here. My personal preference has to be for the former, something which I think comes through (to me at least) in the variation in lighting quality in the shots.
This, to me, raises an interesting question… Is it more important to spend the time to get the lighting bang on for only a low number of shots, or is it more important to get more shots of more models, but with somewhat rushed lighting? For me, it has to be the former, but it would be interesting to hear what others think, especially regarding shoots with a plethora of models available.
Anyway, the shots can be accessed from the image at the start of this post, and the obligatory Animoto slideshow is below (if you’re interested in giving making one of these a try, click on the banner at the top of these pages to get to the Animoto site).
Many thanks to Tony for organising the day, and it was great to meet a few new faces.
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London Strobist Shoot – Tooting Bec Common
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My preference would be for less shots with more considered lighting.
But that assumes you have the right models with the right look for the shot.
One of the things I love about this sort of shoot is that it allows me to experiment much more than on a wedding or paid portrait session – I use them as practice and learning sessions.
my thoughts anyway.
@Greg – would you say you’ve seen a significant change in the style/quality of your wedding/portrait session outputs since you started doing this kind of shoot?