This shoot was on location, I had borrowed my parents pub for an evening. I had chosen this location for the bare brick walls which was the sort of back drop I wanted for the pictures. I had the portable lighting kit from college, so I had two
Bowens lights with key reflectors and a brolly. I chose a couple of outfits for my model to wear and asked her to style her hair before she arrived.
For the lighting I had to the left one light with the key reflector set at high power and then to the right I had the other light with the brolly attachment set at a medium power. This created the shadow down the right side of the model.
The model (Layla) wasn't as comfortable as Dawn was in the previous shoot. She found it very hard to relax and to come across as it being natural. I had picked out a couple of outfits for Layla to wear which I thought appropriate for the shoot and it was
immediately obvious which she felt more comfortable in. I first took photos with her wearing a dress and when she changed into what she is wearing above she instantly relaxed and this came across in the photographs.
This next picture I took with the portable lights from college also. I used just one light in front of the model on a high setting. I brought a piece of material which I thought
depicted the 50's and kept the hair and make up soft and simple.
On both shoots the models Layla and Dawn were instructed on the set up of the lighting equipment and of all trailing wires as to not cause harm to themselves. On both locations I was restricted to space
available to put the lights so everything was in close
proximity so movement was very restricted. Care had to be taken when moving around for different shots and angles, and I had to be very aware of the heat that radiated from the lamps as they were at head
height, and also whilst dismantling the equipment.