So, we’ve been kicking around the idea of trying to do more thematic shoots for consumer work around the studio. The idea here would be to bring a more commercial flair to the consumer work we offer too. With Valentine’s Day upon us, we thought we’d give the process some time to see if we could pull off two completely different looks with one couple in under an hour. So, we called our friends Amy & Todd to see if they’d be game for modeling for us on short notice, and they were. We wanted to be able to offer shooting bright, campy, kitschy shots as well as shots with very dramatic, romantic lighting. I think we got it:
Kitschy & cheezy all the way.
Admittedly, that’s pretty darn cheezy, and the point of the shoot was to be able to offer a completely different look in the same session. So, I raised the background scrim, swung the boom mounted umbrella out of the way, raised the background light, removed its gel, and struck up the DeSisti 2k Fresnel:
Deep, dramatic lighting of the same couple just minutes later.
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