A quick post as we have been busy preparing for a photo session for this weekend.
Here we were doing soccer photos at night. We did these at the tail end of blue hour so I could manipulate my settings to get a darker background. Truth be told, I was trying to get rid of the fence entirely, but I kept having to move things closer to it due the lens I choose to use, but I am happy its still there. What I am not happy with are the leaves which I should have taken more time to deal with but that’s how it goes – you learn from your mistakes and move forward.
For posing, whenever you have props you need to have your subject interact with them. Fortunately, she plays soccer, so this was now problem. As always, think giraffe – long neck, chin down slightly. Remember, if you do try this and don’t have hi-speed sync you will have to keep the shutter speed higher than 1/250 or you will get light sync.
This is a two-light setup, one light at the side with a long soft box and one light overhead with a snout. Originally, we did this in a garage, but I realized the solid floor really looked out of sync with the soccer theme, so we moved it outside a week later and did it again. I am happy we did that.
Overall, we got what we were going for here.
Keep an eye or two out for our next photo session.