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hazard for anyone walking unexpectedly through your set. silver reflective umbrella was the key to getting the
This may pull over your light and damage it or even worse coverage needed to light both the car and the model, then
injure somebody. If your still using a sync-lead, it's time to dragging the shutter to bring in the scenery. The absolute
bring yourself up to date with a set of Bowens Pulsar radio darkness of the scene was instrumental in allowing the
triggers. The new Pulsar cards can be integrated into the flash to freeze the model, whilst the very slow shutter
new Gemini heads and fired with a single trigger mounted speed allowed the sunset and background to expose
on the camera's hotshoe. A range of 100m, gives ultimate properly, bringing out the contours of the car nicely.
flexibility and reliability for both location and studio
shooting. No wires and no fuss. A little balance (schematic 2):I love to shoot with natural
daylight, but sometimes at the end of the day when the
Time to Shoot (schematic 1):Beautiful models, cars and sun is beginning to set, a little light on your subject can
sunsets always make for a good shoot and simple help lift the model from the background and give the
techniques can really get great results. The first thing is to image a little punch. Adding a gel can really help too,
get yourself out of the mindset of using 100/200 ISO and shifting the natural colour balance to give the image a nice
don’t be afraid of increasing the ISO where necessary. overall effect.
Remember, a properly exposed image at a higher ISO will Again, simplicity was the key for this shot and a single
be cleaner than a pushed underexposed shot, plus will Gemini attached to a Travelpak did the trick. However, to
give you a quicker shutter speed. help shift the colour balance, a yellow gel was utilised on
The shot opposite was taken on the seafront in virtual the reflector and fired through a shoot-through umbrella.
darkness, with the sun setting rapidly in the background. This gave maximum coverage for the flash, which was
A single Travelpak with a single Gemini fired into a large metered about 1½ stops above the ambient light.
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