Yesterday we decided to have some fun with bubbles in the home studio with the kids. Other than the problems caused with a slippy floor from the bubble mix the lighting was a bit tricky, however I'm reasonably happy with the results.
The main lighting was from a gridded 120cm octobox, high, camera left – which is also where my glamorous assistance was stood on a chair blowing the bubbles from. Camera right was a gridded 120 x 30cm strip box , mounted horizontally at head height to act as a hair light. Finally a white reflective umbrella was positioned behind the camera to provide a little front fill. I usually just use a honeycomb and reflector for the highlight but as the kids weren't staying in the same point I figured this would have been too hit and miss.
Getting the lighting right is one thing but ultimately these shots just required a bit of luck to catch the moment when the kids have the right expression on their faces at exactly the moment the bubbles are in an astatically pleasing position. I could of cause of just photoshopped the bubbles where I wanted them but that would be cheating! Only minor LR4 tweaks.
Any comment gratefully received.
1.) 2014_12_27-StudioBubbles-240 by Tunbridge Wells, on Flickr
2.) 2014_12_27-StudioBubbles-213 by Tunbridge Wells, on Flickr
3.) 2014_12_27-StudioBubbles-185 by Tunbridge Wells, on Flickr
4.) 2014_12_27-StudioBubbles-135 by Tunbridge Wells, on Flickr
5.) 2014_12_27-StudioBubbles-080 by Tunbridge Wells, on Flickr
6.) 2014_12_27-StudioBubbles-037 by Tunbridge Wells, on Flickr
The main lighting was from a gridded 120cm octobox, high, camera left – which is also where my glamorous assistance was stood on a chair blowing the bubbles from. Camera right was a gridded 120 x 30cm strip box , mounted horizontally at head height to act as a hair light. Finally a white reflective umbrella was positioned behind the camera to provide a little front fill. I usually just use a honeycomb and reflector for the highlight but as the kids weren't staying in the same point I figured this would have been too hit and miss.
Getting the lighting right is one thing but ultimately these shots just required a bit of luck to catch the moment when the kids have the right expression on their faces at exactly the moment the bubbles are in an astatically pleasing position. I could of cause of just photoshopped the bubbles where I wanted them but that would be cheating! Only minor LR4 tweaks.
Any comment gratefully received.
1.) 2014_12_27-StudioBubbles-240 by Tunbridge Wells, on Flickr
2.) 2014_12_27-StudioBubbles-213 by Tunbridge Wells, on Flickr
3.) 2014_12_27-StudioBubbles-185 by Tunbridge Wells, on Flickr
4.) 2014_12_27-StudioBubbles-135 by Tunbridge Wells, on Flickr
5.) 2014_12_27-StudioBubbles-080 by Tunbridge Wells, on Flickr
6.) 2014_12_27-StudioBubbles-037 by Tunbridge Wells, on Flickr