Five For Friday - A Bit Vintage, A Bit Noir, A Bit B-Movie | Taiwan Travel Photographers

Mixing up the portraiture this week for 5. Last month when teaching Light Your World, I hired professional model Jaclynn Joseph to give the participants some real life practice. My intention that day was to let the students do most of the shooting while I did most of the explaining. As a result, I didn’t really get a chance to take many photos of Jaclynn which was a pity. She’s a natural in front of the camera, very professional, very photogenic and a joy to work with. So last Sunday, I hooked up with her, and a couple of other photographer friends for a three hour shoot. Jaclynn and I decided on a kind of 1920s vintage flapper type thing, with a bit of noir thrown in. Well, at least that was the intention, but it might have ended up more like a B-grade horror movie for our final setup of the day. Regardless, a lot of fun was had, I got some images I was happy with and also the seeds of an idea for a future shoot. Here are five photos from the day. Shooting details are at the end of the post.

Jaclynn | Canon EOS 5D Mark II 200mm ISO200 f8 1/200

Jaclynn | Canon EOS 5D Mark II 190mm ISO125 f2.8 1/200

Jaclynn | Canon EOS 5D Mark II 159mm ISO200 f8 1/200

Jaclynn | Canon EOS 5D Mark II 200mm ISO400 f5.6 1/200

Jaclynn | Canon EOS 5D Mark II 70mm ISO200 f4 1/200

All images were shot with a Canon EOS 5D Mark II. Lenses used were either the 70-200mm f4L or its big brother the 70-200mm f2.8L. Lighting was different for different shots. The first four were a single 580 EX II that was gelled with a 1/4 cut CTO. The final image used three lights – the Canon 580 EX II gelled red on Jaclynn, a Nikon SB28 gelled purple in the middle and a Canon 550EX gelled CTB at the back.

marcusa

as always craig, you flicks are top notch. i think the only one that is b-movie is the bottom one and that's mostly because of the different colors (and shadow hand) that kind of makes it have a 3D movie feeling. cheers
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Thanks Marcus. I'm glad you only notice the last one as being b-movie – that's the only one that should be.
nick

The first and third are my favourites. Nice PP
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Many thanks Nick.
http://www.myseveralworlds.com/ Carrie

Great photos Craig. They all have a dark, gritty feel to them. I think you've more than achieved your goal!
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Thanks Carrie.
http://www.myseveralworlds.com/ Carrie

Great photos Craig. They all have a dark, gritty feel to them. I think you've more than achieved your goal!
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Thanks Carrie.