Photography session and tips - Elephant and castle - hey gates
Sunny day in London , a good reason to go out and practice photography! with my amazing flat mates and few friends we decided to go to the Heygate in Elephant and Castle (from wikipedia: The Heygate Estate is a large housing estate located in Walworth, Southwark, south London. The estate is currently being demolished as part of the regeneration of the Elephant and Castle area.[1] It was home to more than 3,000 people.)the place is creepy and scenographic and we tried to as much fun as possible along with the desire to get some good shot. Photography is like music or sport, it has to be practiced on daily base in order to achieve a mediocre or higher level. Ideas do not pop up from a state of passivity. Knowledge doesn't permeate into your brain only by reading . You need to shoot, compose, get out (or inside if it is a studio) and play. Take picture, direct the actions, make mistake and correct them. Photography is a on going processes which never ends (fortunately) So we went out and played with Flashes and natural light. the equipment was:
I didn't have panels or reflectors and i wish i had. the player where:
Phoebe Phope (Model with the cello, amazing singer and musician , you definitely should see this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BehgsWIq1h8)
Valentino Laz and Hugo dos santos (video)
Giorge G (great friend from Cyprus , and the "evil" in the picture with the cello)
Lucia Moschella (writer and flash holder!)
Below: doble flash, ttl , M metering, underexposed 2 stop, lightroom post production below: Natural shadow light , shot in jpeg by mistake, wide aperture, Below : balancing on the rail , long exposure 1/10s or 1/6s , f:13 to balance the overall light , double flash light in camera and off camera, underexposed both, M metering underexposed 2 stop ... good deal of balancing! ...Some Behind the Scene shots! this stuff was moving! after the shooting :) my loved camera and smashing against a wall the flash holder and the bad boy :) Hugo recorder! above the music robot! below Lucia and Daniela And some B/W of Marina! off shoe speedlite, TTL, wide open aperture, evaluative mode and M metering correclty for the back ground No flash, underexposed , reading point on the rim light long exposure, fill flash 2/3 underexposed second curtain more shooting coming soon , follow the page to be informed about courses, workshop, travel, publications and more! https://www.facebook.com/roberto.zampino.photographer
