Mathew Farrell
MF_20111002_0019
Tris riding his latest handmade bike frame, carrying my latest hand made surfboard. Juxtoposition of crafts!
Strobist - (BTS frame here: www.flickr.com/photos/flowstate/6285536526/in/photostream)
Ambient exposure for the background. I wanted a bit less light so I could drag the shutter and get a panning blur on the background, but the daylight was too bright. There's just enough non-sharpness to get the effect.
Key lighting is from two strobes - both at surfboard height, just out of frame left and right, and on the camera side of the white lane mark. The one on the left is raw, giving the specular highlight on the tail of the board. I don't mind the shadow of Tris' arm on the board, but there's an unfortunate one on his neck I didn't have the time to wrangle. The right hand strobe had a small softbox and is lighting Tris' face and filling shadow on the front (camera right) side of his limbs.
There's also a raw strobe RHS on the ground, lighting his face and highlight on the nose edge of board.
I originally had another strobe on Tris' handlebares to backlight the board, but it didn't work out.
MF_20111002_0019
Tris riding his latest handmade bike frame, carrying my latest hand made surfboard. Juxtoposition of crafts!
Strobist - (BTS frame here: www.flickr.com/photos/flowstate/6285536526/in/photostream)
Ambient exposure for the background. I wanted a bit less light so I could drag the shutter and get a panning blur on the background, but the daylight was too bright. There's just enough non-sharpness to get the effect.
Key lighting is from two strobes - both at surfboard height, just out of frame left and right, and on the camera side of the white lane mark. The one on the left is raw, giving the specular highlight on the tail of the board. I don't mind the shadow of Tris' arm on the board, but there's an unfortunate one on his neck I didn't have the time to wrangle. The right hand strobe had a small softbox and is lighting Tris' face and filling shadow on the front (camera right) side of his limbs.
There's also a raw strobe RHS on the ground, lighting his face and highlight on the nose edge of board.
I originally had another strobe on Tris' handlebares to backlight the board, but it didn't work out.