26 December 2009

CHRISTMAS PORTRAIT-RUSH JOB

Kristan & Matt commissioned us to shoot their portraits for Christmas gifts very very close to Christmas. We completed the shoot ,they made their pics and thanks to David at Pro Am photo lab we were able to get the matted prints to them in time to put them under the tree.

Maree and myself really like to shoot on white and black paper backdrops. It gives a clean result without not conflicting with the colours people are wearing (in colour images) The black paper is easily gelled to create coloured backdrops.

Maree is asked to do many jobs in her roll as studio manager and second photographer.
These include capturing images,lighting and set changes, image orders, up coming promotions, making wild noises to get the attention of peoples pets, wiping infants noses,as well as.......


.........making sure that people are relaxed and comfortable during the shoot.......

keeping and eye on stray hairs that may be out of place which can mean hours of photoshop work or worse....deleting the hero shot because there is hair over a subjects eye etc
....above she makes final adjustments to Matt's hair

At times she has to adjust clothing that is not sitting as it should ......here she is attending to Kristan's gaping blouse with a swatch of gaff tape....

Its always important to provide the images that are suggested by the client.We create a shot list. After this collection of images is achieved it is good to suggest extra images which may include changes to clothing,lighting,props and possibly some set changes or addition of props. This series of 3 images (above) was selected by our clients to be printed as a large triptych,this will hang on their wall, along with other strong monochrome images.
A great shoot with Kristan and Matt.
Thanks Maree your a legend



17 December 2009

Jo Nelson-hair and make up artist



Jo Nelson asked us to photograph her for her website.

We work with Jo lots and like many photographers, make up artist can cringe at being in the shot. But as you can see below, we always crack our subjects up. Our key is to not operate on ego. Be focused to do what ever it takes to give your client a natural image. Jo was pleased with the shoot.
Here are a few behind the scene images of Jo.

Carl Barron get some minature cooling during the TVC shoot for Hunter Mutual. Little Green Frog was responsible for the creative on these shoots.

Waterford County shoot
Jo has all the moves

Waterford county shoot

11 December 2009

LUCKY LUCKY STEVE !!


LUCKY LUCKY STEVE !! was reluctant to put an entry in the box at the local vets clinic. He eventually did and scooped a $10,000 cash prize sponsored by Beyer.. Steve said he will holiday in Canada with the winnings. Sadly his pet has to stay home. Last year his brother won $5,000 in a competition at the same vet !! Where do I sign ?

07 December 2009

Little Lights-Big Results

The second Little Lights-Big Results workshop went off really well with the strobes and gels rarely getting cool. Amy our subject was fantastic and her red hair produced great images for the participants.
Below Maree is holding a magenta gelled strobe to light Amy from camera right whilst the brolly is wearing 1.5 CTO gels to compensate for the tungsten in-camera WB.The backdrop is lit with bare strobes...hence the blue cast.SB600 camera right and left, SB26 on background camera right and left.
We will be running more seminars in the new years with various topics, including natural light portraiture,night street portraiture, post production and work flow topics.If there is something your interested in let us know. enquiries@ricwoods.com.

ABOVE: Myself and Amy demonstrating lens selection ,depth of field and light fall off.

BELOW:A demonstration to show balance of strobe out put to illuminate Amy at F10 and a shutter speed of 1 second to capture the 15w globe in the lamp.Amy's face illuminated by Maree with small tungsten torch ( to balance the lamp)

05 December 2009

MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL


Merry Christmas to ALL.We hope you all enjoy the break.Maree and myself decided to make our Christmas Card the other day.

Set-up:We placed an SB600 high camera left fired by pocket wizard,2 SB24s optical trigger left and right onto the background.Shot the cameras under the same lighting then dropped it into the shot in post.I did the tree illustration for another job.





By the way, a special mention of David Barnes at ProAm photo lab on Brunker Rd Adamstown. Thanks for your great work through the year and providing us with excellent service. We encourage local photographers to support their local labs, they cannot compete with the mass printing franchises for cost...but they can give you better quality and service.

GREAT JOB BARNSEY...