Romantic Dreams pt. I | PREMIUM EXCLUSIVE | Mirriam Amber

Last time I posted something with this foreign beauty, Mirriam, it was a minor video we shot, the same day we did this fashion inspired setup. 😁🥂
That was something we planned because we wanted to go in a different direction than our first meeting, which was a shoot for M! Magazine - and now on todays post, it's the exact same story; We wanted to move in yet ANOTHER direction and try something new, we previously didn't do. 💪🏻🥳

Technically it's once again a shoot in studio, but we did tons of things differently, so let's take a look behind the scenes and get some technical insights, shall we? 😉

THIS IS THE FIRST OF TWO PARTS - and this time around there's actually quite some difference between the photos! 👀 The second part will be available for BASIC-patrons too and release within the next 14-days. ☺️

FIRST OF ALL..

The setup was mobile. A studio, but mobile.
We decided to do it at Mirriams place eventhou I knew it had limited space available for me to work with.

I brought along my mobile studio, which consist of a Manfrotto Standbag with 3x Manfrotto Compact Stand to create some sort of 'frame' for the shoot. Instead of a normal 2.75m backdrop I usually go with, I decided to carry along a huge piece of filt-carpet, measuring like 3x3 m or so.

The reason why I went with this, was because I knew that there wasn't too much space to work with and while I knew we were gonna work with minimum one flash, I needed something which didn't reflect too much light. 😅
If you look at the screenshot below, you can see the filt-carpet.

Upon that I placed a sheet of transparrent plastic which both could act as a backdrop, but at the same time Mirriam could be behind it and use it as a "cover" / effect. 😉👌🏻

(Above; A photo showing the basic setup which we then manipulated in various ways, to create specific atmospheres and varying the look and feel)

By combining an Elinchrom RX500 flash with a Nanlite Pavotube RX II, you get this fine balance fill- and key light, because it can be hard to see what's what. 😅 Most people will argue that the Elinchrom is the key light, but since it's static and placed the same place all the time, I would argue that the Pavotube in fact actually is the key light and the most important part of the light setup. 😁🤷🏻‍♂️

(Above; The difference a single Pavotube can do)

Below is an example of how quick the setting can change when working with a Pavotube. On the right it's set to red-ish colors and just casually placed on a table, while on the left you see me holding it and moving it around while it's set to blue-ish tones. ☺️

Back in the day you had to have a third person on the set doing assistance and operating huge flashs and changing géls. 😅🙈

Note how "colored" these two stills look. That's because they are taken from a video recorded on an iPhone. This means the phone is trying to light up the frame to make it look as good as possible - while on the final results, you see what my Canon R5 saw WITH the flash used. Kind of ironic the final photos are darker, eventhou a flash was used, right? 😉

That's because I shot at "Av"-setting with a PocketWizard mounted, to trigger the flash.

(To the left: You see me holding a Pavotube set to blue-ish tones. To the right: The Pavotube is placed on a table while set to red tones)

 Because the Pavotubes are such an easy tool to move around and operate, it's possible for me to both shoot photos AND be in charge of moving the lights around at the same time.
This creates some cool looking variations of the photos and makes the whole setup quite dynamic

On wednesday there's a lengthy behind the scenes-video released, for PREMIUM patrons, so look forward to that if you're interessted in getting much more backstage insights. 🤓

Furthermore, we once again recorded some minor video clips from the second part of this shoot and it was our intension to release it either as a reel or something creative, in the near future. 😏🔥

As always: Please feel free to ask away about whatever you want to know about this shoot! ☺️ Technical stuff, practical stuff, tips or tricks - or simply just let me know what you think. 🥳🙏🏻