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04.27.09

Balancing daylight with Strobes Behind The Scenes: | Comments Off
This another from the Nedry promoshoot taken at Abney Park Cemetery, London. This was quite a tricky shot to set up. The alcove is very tight, which gave this wonderful frame, but the sun was pumping head on. Brilliant you might think! Wrong, because it means that dark crevices are seriously dark. The main issue was that Chris (in the back of the shot) was stuck in the shadows. Taking meter readings off the front was only going to expose the brickwork and Ayu and Matt at the front. In addition to this, although I wanted to get some strong shadows in ...

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