Practical Photography - UK (2020-02)

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A plAn rArelysurvives

beingputintopracticeentirely

unchanged,butit’salwaysa

gr eatideato startwitha clear

vi sionin mind,evenif it goes

onto shift,as ross Grieve

(r ossgrieve.com)explains.

“i hadthisvisionin my head

ofa womanon a clifftopwith

flo wingfabricbehind,justas

th e lightis dipping.no pr oblem,

i thought.

“i livein pembrokeshire,with

su cha beautifulcoastline,so

ifound mylocationandmy

modelsophie,whowasjust

perfectforthis.i did location

te st shootsandit wasgoingto

befantastic.i waskeepingan

ey e on theweather,as i needed

th e winddirectionto be in my

fa vour.Thiswaslookinggreat

until about90 minutesbefore

theshoot,andtheweatherand

wi ndsuddenlychanged.i had

tomakea decision,so i opted

tochangelocationto the

woodsnearmy house.

inhindsight,it wasbetter

al l-round–i hadmorecontrol

and thelightwassuperb.”

# 9 Start with

a vi sionin mind

PortraitS

You maythinkgetting

pr ofessionalproductshots

wouldrequirea bigflash

se tupandan infinitycurve,

but thisshotwastakenin a

cardboardbox,usingsome

pl ainwhitepaper,anda

desklamp.No specialistkit

re quired.So,whetheryou’re

lo okingto showproductsin

th eirbestlightforlisting

oneBay,oryoujustwant

totryyourhandatproduct

photographyto addanother

st ringto yourbow,check

outthisissue’sPractical

PhotographyLivevi deo.

We’ll showyouhowto make

a cheapandquickDIY

homestudiosetupto get

fa ntasticstudioproduct

shotswithoutbreakingthe

bankon gearthat’s,frankly,

notneeded.

# 10 Build a DiY

home studio

ProD uctS

Nikon D850 | 50mm | 1sec | f/16 | ISO 200

Panasonic S1 | 56mm | 1/125sec | f/9| ISO 250

tip

CheCk for

shadows

Usea torchor yourflash’s

modellinglightto seewhere

theshadowsfallon your

subjectbeforetaking

theshot.

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