Well we are certainly having a busy period, a wedding pre shoot last weekend in Seaham a family portrait session in Ropner Park Thursday gone, in the rain may I add, which didn't hinder us from creating some fantastic images for our clients. Another wedding pre shoot this coming weekend and two weddings to photograph! So with this all going on it was nice when we got the chance to go out in the evening for a couple of hours with the camera's , with the kids being looked after, and had a nice relaxed walk trying out some new locations. In fact we just went to one of my favourite locations and just walked in a different direction to see what we would stumble up on. After some pleading Emma agreed to be my "model" and off we went to see if we could create some nice images with just the light that was available and with just one lens. This is one of my favourite ways to shoot, just me and a camera with one lens and that's it, oh and someone to photograph too of course!
This was one of the first shots and was more of a test to see what the light looked like. I wasn't keen on the background to the far left but the light was really nice from that angle.
We then walked down the road in front of this clock tower which I love to use as a background, I'm hoping for an adventurous bride in future who would be willing to do a shoot in this location. Since the light was nice I just grabbed this quick shot of Emma who had already put her coat back on because she was " freezing. " It was 18oC, women! ;-)
Then things became a little more exciting when we took a route we hadn't been on before and found this old rustic doorway. It was literally a one minute walk from the first location to this one just in the opposite direction! So a quick easy pose with Emma's face towards the nice even natural light and we got this image.
With this Image I changed one thing, my position, camera settings were the same as was Emma's pose with her face still towards the light. All I did was walk round in front of her and zoomed in tight. This is one thing I always love to experiment with when I have the time, just move my position and try many different compositions from the same scene.
The next location as you can see was a stark contrast from the old rustic wooden door. This time a white washed rendered wall. How far away was this location? Actually we just crossed the road as it was exactly opposite, talk about luck. Again we had great soft light that evening, you can tell as Emma was hardly creating a shadow on the wall.
This shot was purely for the light. We were heading back to the car through the car park and the sun just popped out a tiny bit through the clouds and the light just took on a brilliance. I just had to get one more to demonstrate this light. The background was terrible so I zoomed my lens all the way at 2.8 and blurred it into insignificance! Emma couldn't open her eyes fully as the sky was now very bright. But when I see that kind of light I have to get a shot. This image was straight out of the camera. No lights, no reflector, nothing, just stood in a car park with my camera. It's amazing how light can change a scene entirely in the space of a minute or so!
Well that's it for this post catch you all soon! Ken.
