- Artificial Light
- calm
- Center Framed
- Colorful
- Colorful Light
- Creative
- Dark
- holding each other
- Indoor
- Mid range
- Minimalistic
- Moody
- Posed
- Serious
The story behind the image
Directions
Describe how you spoke to your subject(s)
For the effect to work out, we asked the couple to engage with each other a little with their bodies, as well as keep a slight degree of separation. We also told them not to look at each other for that contemporary/pensive feel. We didn’t direct them on where to look, they just ended up doing that themselves which we really liked.
What did you say?
Embrace each other but keep your heads apart, and don’t look at each other either. Being pensive and moddy will do the trick!
Tone of Directions
Calm
Composition
We’ve always been fans of negative space, so decided to go with that idea once again. With it being dark too, this allowed us to make the couple pop out with the use of color and keep the focus solely on them.
framing
Center Framed
Focusing
Describe how you spoke to your subject(s)
We picked the focus on the middle of the couple’s faces. We had lost all ambient light by this time, so we used our video light to illuminate them. As it was pitch black and using red light, we had to increase our ISO up a tad to allow us to get enough shutter speed for the shot.
Focus Mode
Single Shot Autofocus
Focus POints
Single Point
Focused on
Their faces
Equipment &
Exif
Camera
Lens
Flash
Filter
1/100 @ f/2.0 ISO4000 WB-Auto
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.
Light & Weather
We decided to shake things up and shoot in the dark using a standard video light to illuminate the couple. We had to increase our ISO up quite a bit so we could get everything in focus. We went with red to neutralize the tones, making the editing process easier in Photoshop when creating the effect.
Light Type
Artificial Light
Weather
Indoor
Editing Workflow
How did you edit this image?
We initially used our own preset in ACR to get the tones right. We then used Photoshop for the main part of the edit. After duplicating the layers we changed the hue of the other two layers (one to green and the other to blue) then changed the opacity so the layers would slightly blend into each other, creating a staggered RGB/3D effect.
Editing Software
Adobe Camera Raw
Preset Used
Custom preset
Challenges
Shooting in the dark is always a challenge, especially when we try to use natural light 99% of the time during a session.
Solutions
We are constantly trying to think outside of the box and this instance was perfect to be creative. Hence the use of the video light and color gel. We also used Photoshop a bit more than we would usually do, so we could get the desired effect we were aiming for and make it more exciting and jazzed up!
Location
Location Name
Malibu, California
Location aDDRESS
35000 Pacific Coast Hwy, Malibu, CA 90265
Loation Type
Beach / Coastal
Country
United States
We learned that Photoshop is a great tool to make images even more exciting, and although we won’t use it a lot, we know it’s there for that extra pizazz if we ever need it!
We also want to try out some more of these multiple exposures and use different colors next time…maybe jazz up the background. Who knows!
