Grey, model, checks his cell phone
Last week I and another photographer hooked up to rock out an epic photo shoot. We had 3 models and only 7 hours and 4 locations stretching from Provo to Elberta to Eureka. For a while we have wanted to have a photo shoot down in Eureka – it is a semi-abandoned town.
Grey was one of the models – he only had an hour so we stayed in Provo for his photo shoot. This shoot was located on Geneva Road in Provo.
Dark and mysterious photography rocks
This photo shoot was a chance to do some major practice with a softbox on location – it is a challenge – but it is so worth it. And I wanted to teach Brian all my tricks of the trade using a softbox. And it was my chance to introduce him to the world of Alien Bee lighting equipment
I love punchy photos with lots of color and contrast
The day started with clear skies – and half way through the shoot the clouds came in and we worked with it. There were some rain drops but we were pretty lucky. I just had to protect the flashes and camera equipment – no photographer wants that damaged by water.
A very old build, abandoned, makes an awesome backdrop.
I love Adobe Lightroom – I can edit a photo entirely in Lightroom – but it really is meant to get the basics of the image right – you can get all the detail you can into the photo before you take the photo into Adobe Photoshop. I was able to bring in the details of the clouds back – there was not a lot of detail there – one of the benefits shooting in raw is the ability to bring in detail that JPG just discards. Holy cow that was a run on sentence.
Bringing in details from the clouds - really builds the drama of the photography
I also got to play with Nik Software’s Silver Efex Pro – if I am in a hurry I usually run one of my photoshop actions that turns the image to black and white. The Silver Efex plugin lets me create a custom black and white effect with control over everything.
Black and white photo made in Nik Silver Efex Pro - a rocking Photoshop plugin
This photo was edting using Nik Software Viveza
Great shots, Dav.d! There is something absolutely captivating about #5 — bringing the detail out in the clouds definitely plays into that.
These are so fun! Do you mind me asking where exactly this is on Geneva Rd? I would love to shoot here!
Thanks!
Jessica