A little flashback on a technique...
A few years ago, I was inspired to get my camera UP IN THE AIR to get a different look. Recently, I ran into Jeff from Trident Photography while speaking in Playa del Carmen at the PPOC-A.
Jeff had replicated my idea with his own twist. Color flavor always makes a change from the ordinary... Anybody else trying to add color to the floor to enhance the depth of the shot, adding some drama? I'd love to see it?
Jeff Writes:
I told my assistant about the shot that I wanted to get, with the bride and groom silohuetted against the reflection on the floor, so I sent him to the second level balcony to shoot it. All I told him was to keep the shutter up around 200 to knock down the ambient, and make sure that he got them head to toe without me in the photo. He chimped 2 frames, and shot it at ISO 640 and F2.8 to get the result. I had the 550EX flash on a PW with a red gel, set to 1/16 power since I knew the reflection off the light hardwoods would be pretty bright. In addition to keeping the power low, I also zoomed in the head to control the spill from the flash. Then I made sure to aim the flash at a place on the floor a couple feet in from of the couple in order to center the reflection off the floor with the camera.
Cool result amigo!
Cheers!
matt
Having a good light system can make things a lot more interesting to look at.Thanks to for the good efforts for sharing information.
TOTALLY AWESOME idea!! great light
Hi, I wanted to thank Matt for posting my image here and inspiring this shot in the first place. And I wanted clear up the question about the flash position. The flash is being held up, I think at or above shoulder level, and pointed at the floor just in front of the couple. The human light stand (me) is out of the frame to the upper left slightly. Edmonton Wedding Photographer Trident Photography
yep, its on the floor just behind the people, aimed at their feet from a slight distance.... i’m guessing.
I also did not follow where the flash was at. It looks like its on the floor at their feet, but if so, where are you?
I also noticed that it looked like a heart! Very cool....so the flash is where again?
I forgot to mention, I also like the way the light created what almost looks like a red heart halo.
What a brilliant approach and well executed. I like the style and will have to remember this. Thank you for sharing it.