Miami Fashion Photographer on the roof!

Mixing color and fun!

Here we are on location with some new toys in hopes to create a "unique" looking / feeling photograph of our model. Our location is a Miami rooftop facing west at around 5:45PM. A very "dull" and "industrial" look on the roof is made interesting with some special lighting effects.. and a blend of ambient sunset.

Lighting:

22" Beauty dish with 40-degree grid used camera left provided our "key" light and two other AB800's were used for background effects. One was placed about 20 feet camera right pointing at the stairs behind model, with a blue gel.. and the other was camera left in the background giving us a "rim" light on our model, and was also giving us a nice flare off in the sky. All lights were fired using Pocket Wizards, and power was provided by the Vagabond II pack.

Exposure:

This was still daylight when shot, thus I stopped my lens (24-70mm) way down to about f/11 to get a full underexposed frame.. then just feathered back the shutter to get some nice sunset colors off in the sky.. My strobes were used to "overpower" the ambient light, and dominate the frame.

Post Processing:

I was very determined to get the exposure and lighting I wanted right out of the camera.. I succeeded in my goal, with the exception of some "hot spots" from the Beauty dish, and a little punch in contrast..