The Punks are visiting NCPS this week!...

Steampunks that is!

Yes, you heard right. This week at club (Thursday 3rd October) we’re being visited by two models dressed as Steampunks. According to Wikipedia, “Steampunk is a subgenre of science fiction or science fantasy that incorporates technology and aesthetic designs inspired by 19th-century industrial steam-powered machinery”

We intend to have two lighting setups configured and will emulate some of what Glyn Dewis showed us last week to get some cracking portraits.

Hilary and Laurie are doing this for the love of it, so I would appreciate some images to be able to send them for their troubles. If you’re not happy with that, please leave your camera at home.

Unfortunately for non-members, this is a members only evening

Included below are some images of Hilary and Laurie in their amazing costumes!



Thursday 29th Nov - Studio Lighting practical

This Thursday we’ll be dusting off our studio lights to take some pictures of people! We’ve got a number of male and female models coming along (who are all novices). They will be modelling for us based on payment in images, so please be aware i’ll be keeping track of those taking images and chasing you up for images! :)

Please bring along the following if you want to shoot

  • Camera

  • Ideas for poses

  • Speedlight/Flashgun (if you have one, but don’t worry if not)

  • any props which may make for an interesting photograph (e.g. a lantern, a nice umbrella, a fan, hat)

The reason I mention a flashgun is that we have enough studio lighting for two setups, but may have has many as 5 models!

This week at club - Food photography practical

Hi everyone. This week at club is a practical evening. We'll be looking at taking some photographs of food. 

I'll be bringing some props along (plates, cutlery, boards etc) and some food as well. 

If you have anything you could bring along, that would be great, perhaps you'd like to bake a tasty looking cake, or a pasta dish in a nice bowl? 

There are thousands of ideas for food photography on Pinterest. I've created this board with some ideas that people are contributing to at the moment

Equipment wise, you would be best bringing a lens that is relatively fast (2.8 or faster ideally) to get a nice blurred background

If you have off camera flash, you might find it useful, together with a softbox for nice soft light.

 

See you all on Thursday!
Jamie