Another great episode of “OnSet” by Adorama TV with Daniel Norton shows how subtle stylistic details might improve the overall composition of the photograph. Daniel states “when you want to work with a certain concept, sometimes it is fun to incorporate style from that concept.”
In this episode Daniel, influenced by 70s style look of the model, uses several techniques used back in those days.
Daniel’s setup is simple – 2 strobe lights, one with soft box, another with bare 7-inch reflector, hit the model from above.
The lens is 70-200mm zoom.
The prop light – fluorescent looking led tubes – play as a fill light in composition, as well as a part of artistic element.
Daniel starts with fast shutter speed 1/200 to slowly introduce the light into the frame. He also wants to capture long exposure effect by decreasing the shutter down to 1/4, and applying few cool tricks.
First trick, the obvious one, is to have model wave LED bulbs around to paint the well known flare on the long exposure photograph.
Second trick is to shake the camera while capturing the photo. Well known in 70s, this technique creates a perfect stylistic match with model’s look, adding more authenticity to the photo.
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