Bristol Strobist Group Inaugural Shoot

This was the 1st shoot by the newly formed `Bristol Strobists'. It was shot at Bristol Docks on evening of the 13th of May. Eight Photographers and seven models gathered for was was to be a busy couple of hours. Here are a few snippets but more will be found on my website in their full glory.

First is Paul. The light was pretty bad so I upped the ISO to 200 and slowed the shutter to 1/60 to expose for what was left of the the ambient light. A flash on a lightstand positioned at camera left was set on quarter power which allowed me to use an aperture of F5.6.

Appearing again is Ross. We spotted this boarding with some `art work' on it. The ambient light was pretty much gone which was not an issue. This is simply lit using a single flash at a harsh angle again from camera left which has caused the interesting shadow. Camera settings: 100 iso F5 @ 1/200.

A quick change of cotume and now Paul has become the Mighty Boosh :)

This was quite tricky to get right and could be improved by adding shoot-thru umbrellas but time was running out. This time 2 flashes were used; both on half power set back further on either side of the camera at about 60 degrees. Camera settings were 100iso, F5 @ 1/250.

Last and by no means least was Stephanie. I used one flash on half power at 30 degrees camera right and a second flash also at half power at around 60 degrees camera left, but set further back to provide fill light and expose the bench. Camera settings were 100iso, F6.3 @ 1/250.

If you're in or near the Bristol (UK) area and wish to join our small group of strobists, then contact me for details. We're also on Facebook so search for Bristol Strobists.