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40 Minutes – 1 Portrait<\/h2>\n

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I was sitting in the studio working on a couple of classes for the Fotopromos launch, when I got a call from a friend.  As it turned out – he had with him a newly released Canon 5D Mark IV<\/a> with him and wanted to find out if I wanted to put it through its paces.<\/p>\n

The catch? I only had about 40 minutes to try to setup a shot and get it online.<\/p>\n

While there are plenty of times that I will get a chance to really play with a bit of tech and get a complete feel for the breadth of the new offering – it’s also important to note that getting a limited amount of time with something as eagerly anticipated as the Mark IV is also very commonplace.  The goal here is to make sure that you don’t squander the opportunity.  Your job is to make a quick assessment.  What do you have in terms of scene? What do you have in terms of lighting?  Once you put those things together, you form a concept.<\/p>\n

Forming the concept is the photographic equivalent of setting a target 30 yards from you.  You make the statement that you intend to hit the center of the target.  You then try to use what you know to see if you can hit the target.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Thats photography in its essential form.<\/p>\n

The Shoot Walk-Through<\/h2>\n

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Right now, my studio is more setup for video production than it is portrait work.  I’ve gone old school with a lot of the lighting for my video projects – opting to use the Altman 175Q focusing fresnel 1000w hot lights.  Not really having any other scene set up I came up with an idea.  What if I took these lights and used them as props instead of light sources?  I could stagger them in front of a black wall and use accent lights in different spots to paint in some color. Stands are on some Kupo 40” C-Stands<\/a> in doubling for Photo\/Video work in the studio.<\/p>\n

The target was set.  In an effort to keep things light and nimble I opted to use the Phottix Indra 500 lights<\/a> as a main and atmosphere light.  The lights would give me the punch that I needed and could easily be moved because they were battery powered. No need to mess around with cords here – no time. The main Indra 500 would be set with a collapsible beauty dish from Phottix.<\/p>\n

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I wanted the second light to add a bit of color to the scene, so I set another Indra 500<\/a> to the back of one of the lights.  I added a colored gel to it so I could get some blue onto the scene.  While this gave me a great look for the left side of the image, the light wasn’t really spreading to the back light the way that I really wanted it to.<\/p>\n

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I needed a small focused light source to hit the top part of this Altman light.  To do that I went with the Phottix Mitros+ small flash<\/a>.  Attached to it is a RougeFlash Grid<\/a> with a blue color from the Rouge Flash Gels<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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I wanted to add another bit of color to the right side of the scene.  To do this, I setup another Phottix Mitros+ small flash<\/a> light and got a red gel from the Rouge Flash Gels<\/a><\/p>\n

Using the Phottix Odin II<\/h2>\n

Another reason I wanted to setup the lights using the Phottix system was that I could quickly move around all of the power ratings on both the big lights and small lights with the Odin II transmitter<\/a>.  I knew what I was looking for in the lights so i set the lights for Group A for the main, B for the red accent and blue side light, and C for the accent light at the top right on the Mitros.  I was good to go.<\/p>\n

Facebook Live of the Shoot<\/h2>\n