Nirmala

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This weekend it was time for the glamour workshop.
As known by now all my workshops are different and I always try to do something new and exciting, well with Nirmala as our model that exciting part is always guaranteed. In this workshop I concentrated on the more simple light setups that are hard to control, so lots of very tight light areas for the students this means that they really have to work very hard to make the images work, just a few inches movement of the model will render some light setups useless or killer.

So let’s see what we’ve done….


First a real simple setup with the 1.90mtr octa and an accent light.
Main attention point for this part of the workshop was working with expression, poses and choosing your angle.

After that we went for a Fresnel spot to narrow the available light just a bit, preparing for the next setup with the stairs.

And after this it was time for the most difficult to control setup.
As backdrop/scene I choose the stairs.
Believe it or not but this location has become one of my favorite setups in the studio, the stairs are actually going to the second floor of the studio were we have the new relax area, but as a photographic item one couldn’t wish for something else. The main attraction is that every model uses the stairs differently, and posing wise there are a lot of options. Some of you twittered and mailed me if I would consider doing a “stairs” series and to be honest I think I will…… almost everyone wants to shoot on the stairs so I’m also collecting some images now with the stairs, so who knows 😀

Feel free to comment, or let me know if you want more with the stairs, or if you have some cool ideas what we could do with it.

9 replies
  1. Van
    Van says:

    Hi Frank… like the one best with her horizontal on the gold sheet! Curious if you used the Quadra to light the Octa?

  4. Van
    Van says:

    Thanks for the info Frank, and the tips! Do you have a sketch, or can you describe how you placed the strobes? Curious, in this scenario do you power down the strobes to what, or use at full power?

  5. Frank Doorhof
    Frank Doorhof says:

    For the staircases I used a larger strip with a Lighttools grid. You can really pinpoint the light with that and get a very tight beam of light where I placed the model in.
    No need to go full or low power, that only gives you a different DOF but it won’t change the “look” of a shot.

  6. Kim Bentsen
    Kim Bentsen says:

    You mention Lighttools grids for your strip box.

    They come in 30/40/50 degree versions.

    Which do you prefer, and why?

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