Shoot#1: Corpse Bride

The first shoot we had planned was Corpse Bride and Victor. This shoot was on March 16th, we had two models; Little Sofi & Simon Woolley. The clothes for Corpse Bride were provided by Laura Ruxton, Simon wore his own clothes, and the flowers were provided by True Bud Floristry. I arrived early so i could finish painting the set whilst the models got made up and ready, this usually takes quite a while so i came prepared to wait a few hours before the shoot actually starts, some of the things i do whilst waiting are; prepping the set, setting up and testing lights, cleaning/dusting off things and my favourite of all is going into the museum archives to select props. Of course, i was always on hand to give my preferences on make-up/hair and clothes, but this was mostly left up to Alice as that is her area of expertise and this is her project too!

Some "behind the scenes shots";

The set with lighting set up, and a messy workshop! 

Props

Clothes and accessories

Alice using her airbush

Final touch ups before shooting

Finally, it was time to shoot; the lighting i used to start with was one blue/green gelled light and one umbrella. 

This is the lighting set-up in diagram form;

Here are all the finished images using this set-up:

 ISO: 100, f/6.3, 24mm, 1/250sec

  ISO: 100, f/6.3, 24mm, 1/250sec

ISO: 100, f/5.0, 10mm, 1/250sec

ISO: 100, f/5.6, 11mm, 1/250sec

I also wanted some portraits of Corpse Bride on her own, we used some fake cobwebs and i got Alice and Laura to stretch it out behind the model. I also moved the gelled light so it was behind the model. Heres a diagram: 

ISO: 200, f/5.6, 24mm, 1/250sec

 ISO: 200, f/13, 24mm, 1/200sec

 ISO: 200, f/13, 24mm, 1/200sec

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