Following on from a previous post here are some more images from the charity photoshoot that took part in last December.
We had set ourselves a modest target of £150, knowing that every penny counts, and we ended up smashing that and reaching £600... a decent amount of money and much appreciated by the charity in the run up to Christmas.
The location for the studio was a tiny little place down on the edge of Sleaford, Lincolnshire. Although on the small side, it had all sorts of equipment in there, from studio lights to cameras to sound recording equipment. It really is a great little space, and one I hope to use again soon.
We may have been there to use the studio facilities (lights and backdrops), but I was struck by the enormous bright yellow shutter door thing... it was simply begging to be used as a backdrop, and so I immediately obliged with RJ (above).
The bright yellow was a perfect contrast to the blue suit he was wearing
Back inside, I got to work on one of the portrait set-ups. There were 5 models taking part on that day, and they all had a variety of outfits to change into, along with different props that both models and photographers brought along
First up was Liv, in a gorgeous black dress... I handed her a black bowler hat (actually one of mine from when I used to do steampunk stuff) and asked her to 'strike a pose'... and it was perfect!
Next up was Rachel. I was doing some generic portrait shots, and one of the photographers stood next to me said "you really could do with a fan there, to make the hair more interesting".
Phill (studio owner): "Yeah sure, I've got a fan!"
I positioned it about 2 foot in front of the model, and turned it onto HIGH... excellent, another shot in the bag
While all this was going on, @richgaynor (a fantastic photographer and an all round decent chap) was busy over to one side of the room. He took nearly an hour to put together his own lighting set-up which included; two different coloured back lights, a massive light at the front, a funky looking beauty reflector thing and then a massive sheet of crumpled tin foil. I kid you not.
He took a few shots, and we were amazed at how awesome they were, and then he made the fatal error and asked:" Does anyone want a go?" We all leapt at the chance!
Here is Amy with some beautiful soft lighting courtesy of the reflector in front of her. Behind is the funky tin foil back drop with orange on one side and dark blue on the other... well worth the effort of Rich setting all that wouldn't you agree?
Leaving the others to play with the lighting inside, RJ and I headed back outside, in search of a suitable background. The studio is actually just a small industrial unit, and the sides of which were perfect to match the bad attitude and leather jacket
Oh god, theres that yellow shutter again...
"Amy! Are you still wearing that beautiful blue dress? Can I borrow you outside for 2 minutes?"
Click, click. Click.
Thats fantastic, thank you!
That colour combination of sunshine yellow and dark blue was flippin' fabulous!
Anyway, I'll end this here for now... I've got plenty more images to share, but I need to edit them first... s'pose I better get back to work.
If you have any thoughts or opinions on this article then I'd love to see your comments.
And if you really like the content then maybe you would like to upvote or re-hive it.
Check out my website for more of my work.
I'm glad y'all surpassed your goal for the charity! These are some great shots. Thanks for sharing them here with us. I think the black and white looked nice but the color and lighting added so much more beauty and character to these images. Keep up the great work.
Thanks! 'twas a brilliant day, and loads of cool shots, but the best bit of course was raising the money for a fantastic local cause.
As a general rule I prefer the simplicity and elegance of black and white, but colour has its place too ;-)
Yes, i agree with you about the elegance of black and white generally. I noticed some detail here in the colored versions that went unnoticed in the B&W versions is why i mentioned it. Everything in it's proper time and place i suppose. =) I might have missed it, but what was the local cause? I liked the title 'Let Them Eat Cake'...
Amen to that. ;-)
Let Them Eat Cake is the name of the charity. It helps support homeless people in the Lincoln area. The money goes towards providing hot food/drinks along with supplies such as toiletries and even sleeping bags etc.
We've done fundraising for bigger charities in the past, and while they were good causes, the money raised was sort of lost in the sea of donations... the difference with raising money for a smaller organisation means that any money donated can make a genuine difference
Wow.. that's awesome. Truly an altruistic initiative. I love flipping the script on the old saying. I think it's awesome that you are supporting that community action initiative. I hope y'all get some more fundraisers going soon! Cheers Dan!
Hi @dannewton,
Thank you for participating in the #teamuk curated tag. We have upvoted your quality content.
For more information visit our discord https://discord.gg/8CVx2Am