Seattle’s workshop was a blast. I wanted to share some images that the folks did there. We will update this page as long as I see fresh images.
I arrived in Seattle to a wonderful 74 degree afternoon. Yeah, coming from 107 it was really refreshing. Got all in line for the workshop and was met by Kyle Goldie who is assisting me on this workshop.
We headed to downtown Seattle to do a little scouting and make a few pics of some model friends of his and John (a workshop attendee who met us down at Pike Market.)
NOTE: due to trip obligations, the Part two of the Speedlight article will be posted tomorrow. Thanks for visiting.
While we were shooting we found ourselves in the middle of some sort of protests. There were people everywhere with banners and protesting and I was laying on the ground getting shots of Megan with the sun behind her.
We left that area and found some interesting locations along the water.
The cover shot features one of the images I did of Megan, and this shot is Melinda. Both were lit with speedlights. Megan is sunlit from the front with an assist of a small powered speedlight to camera right and high and a speedlight behind her. Melinda below is lit with one speedlight at 1/8 power on a short cable… I hand held it for the position I wanted.
The workshop started on Saturday with our full out lighting studies and studio setups. We mixed in some natural light and blended strobe and daylight for a great day. The rain came down in buckets, and we thought the day was scrubbed a little early. I guess we underestimated the Seattle weather change possibilities. Just as we were heading out, it cleared dramatically and we started taking advantage of strobe blended or mixed with the sun (which kept peeping out of the clouds for real drama.)
Sunday’s workshop started at the Gasworks Park and we shot all over the enclosed area. Natural light, mixing light, adding fill with cards and strobes and both, and using the natural light as a main with strobe as a backlight/accent light. Added in was a lot of additional lighting ideas and some fun things to do with a strobe at 1/16 power. The models were really great and we had makeup from a fantastic MUA named Sheila. Wow. Add to that the wonderful support from When and her group of talent and it really does become a special weekend.
Sunday afternoon found us at Seattle Center for some really amazing work around the area. We shot natural light, full sun, bounced light, stobes… even a beauty dish with battery power was seen in use that afternoon. Finished the day at the Opera building and it was amazing. The models had really grown from all the work they had done and we shot until about 8pm.
Two full days of workshop… and I gotta tell you that the images I saw coming off the photographers cameras was really an exciting part of it for me. I love seeing the work that gets created… Could I spend 4 days on a workshop… oh hell yeah. But two days gives us a fantastic look into the basics of lighting and creating the image you want.
During the workshop we did this shot of Rose in a highly compressed lighting setup. Taking a large light and forcing it into a tight pattern through flags and modifiers. Sometimes creating a dramatic lighting situation can be a lot of fun.
My niece Isabel showed up for some modeling for us. She was spectacular… nothing else to say. You will see a ton of images of her soon.
Ron Dugdale shot these two shots at the Saturday workshop. We focus on the creative aspects as well as the technical. I think Ron got the idea here.
This shot of Isabel leaping into the air was a favorite shot of some of the guys who stayed after the rainstorm. What a magical time with the still air and the freshly rained on city.
Isabel was shot by Chris Boaro at the Lighting-Essentials workshop. This shot was by a single beauty dish and with no fill of any kind.
Kyle Goldie is an up and coming shooter in Seattle. He helped me do a lot at the workshop and did this great shot at the workshop.
Here is another shot by Ron Dugdale. He shot this one today.
Ron Dugdale shot this image of Isabel at Sunday’s workshop too.
Danielle Bortone-Holt shot this image of Melinda in the red dress. It was something she had wanted to do for a long time. With a little strobe work and some shutter speed adjustment, she got the shot she had seen in her head for a long while.
And here is Larry Grant’s image of Melinda taken at the workshop. She really did a great job with the photographers and they loved her red dress.
Below are linked images from some of the attendees of the workshop. Please visit their Flickr site for more images.
Be watching this page for more images from the workshop.
