Hey y’all its been a while since the last Strobistjamaica meet up. Partly because of drama with a location that we really wanted to shoot on. Water commission duped us twice in a row with access to the Mona reservoir. We’ve so over that location now though so its all good.
This week we were able to shoot at pulse’s (yeah super model making, cfw presenter pulse) Studio. This was the fist indoor shoot for a strobist meet up. So our lighting was pretty consistent Didn’t have to tweak shutter speed or aperture much as everything stayed the same. And thanks to Greg there were some pretty powerful strobes (novatron 500′s x 3) and as a result of lack of communication we had 2 models (which is better than 1 so lack of communication for the win). Total crew was up to about 12 people i believe which included Tamara (MUA), Ayanna (model 1), (Gio’s model), Greg, Dameon, Ricky, Don Gio, Tonian, Peter Chen, David Madden (pass through), David (new to the group but talented), Taylor (me), our biggest turn out to date.
What I learned from this exercise is it doesn’t only take a beautiful model. I mean it certainly makes it easier but You’ve gotta use the meat between your ears. Prepare, plan , prepare and then plan some more. have your concepts down before entering that studio and after nailing what you want.. if there’s still time go ahead and try some free styled / fun stuff.
© 2009 taylor
