Ran a photo station not long back - decided to use the back wall of the barn as the backdrop rather than dropping in a white background or something. I'm happy with how it went.
Just wanted to post as a reminder to not be afraid to step out of your 'plan' and use the surroundings.
50 or so more on my photography blog (it's a post or two back) if you care to see more.
A bit hot for me, but they really work. I'm impressed at the lack of shadows on the wall! Care to show/describe your lighting? They look pretty close to the wall?
I'm doing a farm wedding next August. When I scouted the location with the B&G, I came up with the idea of using the barn for the photobooth setup. They liked the idea so much, we ended up putting it in the contract.
57suzi wrote:
I like your BG and pp, good thinking.
The PP was applied automatically via a pre-created lightroom preset, they literally looked exactly like this (minus watermark) 1 second after capture. (and were in my clients hands as a print 10 seconds afterwards).
mervifwdc wrote:
A bit hot for me, but they really work. I'm impressed at the lack of shadows on the wall! Care to show/describe your lighting? They look pretty close to the wall?
Merv.
I like a bit of a higher gamma / slight over-exposure (without blowing) in my whites... just how I roll. Plus it looks better in the prints made from my onsite printer.
The lighting is a simple umbrella camera left with 3 SB800's (@ 1/8 power, if I remember correctly) in it... I believe I might have been bouncing one of those three off the far wall as well to give a little extra fill. f/9 and ISO 400, iirc.
I, actually, just wrote a 12+ page logistical & equipment How-To article on photographer-based photo booths here, so I won't repeat myself from that too much and bore you all (or violate copyright rules, etc).
Jerry Deese wrote:
Awesome idea, worked great! A lot of character behind those characters.
I know, right??! So fun, I highly recommend figuring out how to make this work for you and your clients and offering it as an additional service, it rocks the house.
Yeah, 3 at 1/8th power lets me roll all night with zero recycle issues... if I had one flash popping at 1/2 power it'd cook and/or the batteries would die and/or I'd have recycle problems.
