I usually don't shoot fashion because I've shot it in the past and unless there's something unique about the outfits, shooting someone's day to day wardrobe doesn't really intrigue me.  Yesterday, I got full run of some retro clothes which were awesome.  Leather pants, trench coats, fur coats.  The location was so cool. We got some amazing shots in.  The photos below are of Christine.  This is the first time I've worked with her.  She awesome and beautiful.  Two very important qualities in a model.  I started shooting using my studio equipment, but It just didn't look right for the location so I switched to natural lighting.  That existing light consisted of florescent and some incandescent lamps.  I had to shoot wide open, between 1.8 to 2.8 and have shutter speeds that were a little slow.  The rule of thumb for shutter speeds is to never drop below your lens magnification.  For example, I shot with a 24mm lens, so I shouldn't have shot below 1/24 of a second.  Of course, what I like about knowing the rules is that I know when to break them.  Knowing that I can shoot a little slower, if I am extra careful and make use of the extra softness it gives the image.  In the modern digital world, people have become far too obsessed with sharpness.  I suppose it's always existed to a certain extent.  That's why photographers have previously used medium and large format cameras: for that extra sharp photo.  However, softness isn't bad.  It can add something indescribeable to the image.  Paintings are soft, especially impressionist ones.  They portray with less and let the imagination pick up the details.  Plus it's fun to play with slow shutter speeds, you can capture movement like never before.  On soft photos, the whole photo maybe soft or just a part, so it directs the attention to what the photographer wants you to focus on.  If you take a look at the movie Casablanca, that's a beautiful piece of film making.  Rich black and white film with a lot of softness in the background.  It probably had to do with the lack of light in the scenes, they had to shoot it open, unless a movie like Seventh Seal which had a lot of harsh tones and sharpness.  But the traits help define each movies tone.  So, without further ado, here are the first set of photos from my shoot with Christine.  Plenty more to come.

 

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