We put the projector just behind them and asked them to walk as close as possible while keeping their heads close together. We reminded them to always keep moving and don’t stop.
okay. Now imagine yourselves in the most beautiful place you’ve ever been together. You can close your eyes or look at each other. Get very close together with your heads and even if we (the photographers) are very close. Try to block us out and forget that we’re here. Always keep moving.
Calm
This is one of my favorite compositions as it really brings the feeling of intimacy together. Sarah generally takes the first bit of attention as she is slightly more dominant in the frame and has the most light touching her face (Brighter point). Samuels nose in contact to Sarah creates this connection to each other only adding to the intimacy. I framed this pretty close up as I wanted everyone to feel this connection between the couple.
Center Framed
I tried to focus on the eye of the girl as it’s a point that holds a lot of emotion and intimacy. However, this was challenging as the couple was moving, and shooting into such a strong light source makes focusing pretty tough.
Continuous Autofocus
Single Point
Her eye
The way the EXIF is written out follows the common photographic method (with the inclusion of White Balance at the end). Here it is broken down:
Shutter Speed @ Aperture ISO White Balance.
The main light source in this image was from the projector we had placed behind the couple. Since this wasn’t only a “photo” shoot, but a “video” shoot too – the light was constantly moving and changing as we displayed scenes through the projector. This meant that shooting got a bit erratic as I waited for the moments when the light was brighter, took a bunch of shots, and then the light darkened due to the scene it was displaying. I had a great time experimenting with this light source but If I had to do it again, i’d make sure to have a constant light source that doesn’t change.
Artificial Light
Indoor
To edit this image, I used our own preset “The Signature pack 2022”. At the moment this image was taken, the projector had put out some pink light which I wasn’t such a fan of. I had to adjust the white balance quite significantly in order to bring back the ones that I wanted. I also had to tweak the colors quite a bit to match the palette I wanted. I did this by tweaking the HSL sliders.
Since this wasn’t only a photoshoot but a video shoot too, the light was definitely very challenging. The fact that it was constantly changing brightness & tones made shooting quite hectic. Honestly, this picture I feel happened because of luck.
All I did was wait for the moments when the light was bright enough to start shooting & focusing, and fired as many shots as I could.
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I got a little annoyed during the shoot that the light kept changing and felt like it was never the way I wanted it to be. In retrospect, I think maybe it’s not bad to not always go the easy way – maybe this shot would never have been created if I had chosen a constant continuous projector light. Maybe you should move more often from his comfort zone and dare to make something new.
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