Shoot with Girls Roc

Hey,

first of all, sorry for a late posting of this.
Just over a week ago I did a shoot with 3 of the girls from Girls Roc at Amika London. The shoot was for portfolio and PR for the girls and Channel 4 was filming behind the scenes for a documentary showing how the Pop Culture today influences what teens wear.
After a few simple posing shots we went into the action shots with fire and grinder. It took a while to find the settings that worked well to show the girls as well as the fire. On the one hand you need a slow exposure to show the sparks, yet you still dont want the motion blur on the faces. On the other hand you had this huge light source - the fire ball - that again changed the exposure settings.
In the end I went for a 3 way lighting setup, 2 lights slighly behind the girls and one light behind myself.

The shots below have been edited and slightly retouched, mainly darkening a few areas. Main work was done in lightroom, changing contrast, saturation and curves.

Once I know when the documentary will be aired on Channel 4 I will post it on my facebook as well as on my Twitter @mostphotography, so make sure if you are on Twitter to follow me.
Have a great week

Moritz

Shoot with Elli U

Hey,

On Thursday I did a shoot with latvian musician Elli U who is currently in London performing at some venues.
We wanted some simple more casual shots and the sun gave them a nice summer feel.
One spot that I used before on a shoot was a perfect start for the shoot, different backdrops and a very non-London feel to it even though it was right in the middle of London. From there we then walked towards Hyde Park where we ended up taking a few more shots, this time more with a winter look.
I was mainly after black and white pictures as well as the real low saturation look rather than the full colour shots so I shot on f2.8 to have a blured backdrop and the focus on Elli U. I used one flash to fill in slightly and to be able to have a slightly darker backdrop.
Images are edited only in Lightroom with colour adjusments, contrast, exposure, curves and few other small adjustments.
Big thank you again to Elli U.

Moritz

Sexy rock shoot

Hey,

Sorry for a week and a bit of silence. After shooting another 2 music videos for NU-JAM the last weekend of August I had a week off with catch up on editing. Day one of the music video was mainly on location and for the 1st of 2 videos and then the 2nd day was all green screen. Saw the edited result of the first video I did a month ago and I am real happy with the result. As I love the edgy lighting look in my pictures, I used the same kind of lighting in the video so expect some strong back lights. However, as the band wants to start kick off next year, the videos most likely wont be seen till then. If anything changes, I will post the link here as well as on my Twitter account MOSTphotography.Follow @MOSTphotography


Last Saturday I then had another shoot, a last min. shoot with model Laura. The idea was to get a bit of a punk/ rock look but more sexy. We did the shoot at an industrial area in Tottenham which worked well for the look we wanted.
I tried shooting in colour first, however I thought black and white gave the pictures a more classy look.
Most the time I shot with 2 flashes and on apperature 8, however the shot in the open warehouse as well as the closeup where shot on f2.8 with the 70-200. In the warehouse I had the lights slightly behind her to create a bit more of a rim light as well as some extra light on her hair.
The day was quite windy which worked out well as it gave a more messy hair look than we would have had without.
Looking forward to hear your thoughts and comments.
Thanks again to Laura for a great shoot.

Moritz