In the dark!

[clikklik]

Last Sunday I had a band in the studio for some promo shots, once we had finished I asked them to pose for one more shot in my garden; once I had them stood in a tight group I climbed to the top of a 6' step ladder, my wife held the flash head on an extended stand at arms length so that the flash was coming down from over my right shoulder; as it was late (11pm) and everyone was a little tired we only did three shots. Once I converted the shot to B&W in LR-3, added a vignette and tweaked a little bit, this is the shot I finished up with; strangely it is almost exactly what I had in mind when I was thinking about the set-up, I love it and so do they, what do you think?

[DeeGee]

Re: In the dark!

imho - very nice. The black and white suits it very well.

[hhcanon]

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I like it - it has a rather 'old processing' feel to it.....just like an old LP cover from the 60's

[clikklik]

Re: In the dark!

I like it - it has a rather 'old processing' feel to it.....just like an old LP cover from the 60's

Thats funny, when I was thinking of the shot I remembered a "Queen" video, Bohemian Rhapsody I think, where the groups faces are sort of floating against a dark background; it was a bit scary standing on top of the stepladder, you kind of lose your sense of balance whilst you look through the viewfinder!!
Thanks for the comments.

[vdzande]

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Yeah cool. The band Queen comes to mind here ;)

[celtex]

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really like this

[Treff]

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Great style of the sixties.................of course to young to remember........................but I've heard the stories. Nice pic.
Cheers
Treff

[Alexam]

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Just seen this. Great shot and the lighting is excellent. Bet the band were pleased with it.

[tesarver]

In the dark!

I like this a lot

[colin C]

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Works well, very nostalgic, graphic and punchy.

Colin