BTS: Fashion Shoot at a Bombed Out Church | Tuesdays With Lauri
In this week’s instalment of Tuesdays With Lauri, we take a “behind the scenes” -look at my latest fashion shoot that we organised in a Bombed Out Church in Liverpool, England. Also, make sure to scroll down, and check out the technical details, lighting diagrams and BTS-photos.
Lighting diagrams
Photo #1 – Natural light and a speedlight
For this first photo I used the natural sunlight as the mainlight, and bumped up the ambient light a bit with a speedlight that I pointed at one of the walls.
Photo #2 – Natural light, reflector, and a speedlight
For the second photo I used the natural sunlight as the hairlight, and filled the shadows in front of my models face with a large white reflector. And because the “tunnel” that we were shooting in was quite dark, I had to flash a speedlight (pointed at one of the walls) in order to bump up the ambient light a bit.
Photo #3 – Natural light and a speedlight through a softbox
In this third photo I used mostly the natural sunlight that was diffused nicely by the clouds in the sky. To add a bit of “pop” into my model’s face, I used a speedlight through a softbox, angled down at an angle of 45°.
Technical info
Photo #1
Camera: Canon EOS 5D MkII
Lens: Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L II USM Standard Zoom Lens
ISO: 1600
Aperture: f/2.8
Shutter: 1/100
Photo #2
Camera: Canon EOS 5D MkII
Lens: Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L II USM Standard Zoom Lens
ISO: 1600
Aperture: f/3.5
Shutter: 1/100
Photo #3
Camera: Canon EOS 5D MkII
Lens: Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L II USM Standard Zoom Lens
ISO: 100
Aperture: f/2.8
Shutter: 1/60
BTS-photos
Credits
Photo: Lauri Laukkanen
Model: Jen Brook
Hair & makeup: Donna Graham Mua
Wardrobe & styling: Tara Byakko
Styling assistant: Jennifer Manning
Photography assistant: Richard Powazynski Photography
BTS-footage: Reiss Carloss
WOW! Stunning location and I love the fog!
Killer work! Great stuff!
This is really great work. Truly Admirable!
Thank you Jose! I really appreciate it! :)
Hi Lauri, it was great to meet you , this photoshoot looks fantastic x
Yeah, it was awesome meeting you!! Thank you for all your help! :)
How big is that softbox. 60cm x 60cm?
Yeah, it’s a 60cm x 60c softbox. :)
Amazing shots! Why 1600 ISO, might I ask? Didn’t you have problems with noise later on?
Thank you Dan! :) It was really the only way for me to get enough light into the camera… Couldn’t haul a lot of equipment with me to Liverpool, so had to work with pretty simple lighting. And actually no, I didn’t have problems with noise. :) I have a technique of getting rid of noise in a pretty effective way, so it worked out quite well with these settings. :)
– Lauri
Have you shared this noise reduction technique before? I’d love to learn more. Thanks!
Actually, no I haven’t… I might do a tutorial on it sometime in the near future. :)
I don’t have an FX camera as yet and noise performance is one of my biggest draw backs, but thanks for sharing the light set up… I am planning to buy a decent speed light and this one light set up is encouraging :) Thanks again. Love your work
Thanks mate!! :)
Cool!! Would love to hear more on that technique :)
Great shots indeed! 1600 iso on a 5D is pretty good but still. I’m wondering too. I guess that the natural and speedlight were not powerful enough?
Yeah, not enough power to fill up the space with light… :( SO had to bump up the ISO. :)
Wow Lauri! That’s damn nice work. :-)
Thank you Michael! :)