And Who Says Heathrow isn't Efficient?
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Have you seen that giant "glad to see ya again" poster up at Heathrow Airport in London?
So, what kind of lighting goes into something like that -- Profotos? Broncolors?
How about a few speedlights.
Nick Turpin's snooted Nikon SB-800 street photography caught the eye of an ad agency in London who wanted to replicate the same look in a controlled, studio environment.
Only problem is Nick's fill light is normally the sun. But it turns out with a budget like that, you can rent the sun, baby!
The speedlights only get a cameo in this video. But it shows pretty much everything from casting (just soft boxes) to shooting, to the over-the-shoulder-looking-beverage-swilling AD, to installation of the actual, rather largish poster.
Hit the jump for a 13-min BBC 4 Radio interview with Nick, set to a slideshow of some of his street images.
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Posted at 9:40 PM.
21 Comments:
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no, that is not an sb-800... that is a very large light that looks like it needs 3 people to carry.
Epic.
Deece.
ALok-
That is a 12k HMI, and it is the rented sun. The key/spots are SB's.
-DH
that is the biggest white backdrop that i have ever seen... holy crap
Kinda need to use monster strobes ... six months in England and I don't remember seeing the sun once ... bleh ...
We don't have that Sun thing here in England.
Very occasionally a big glowing yellow orb appears in the sky, and we stand around scratching our heads looking confused, but then it goes away again and we can go about our business.
Anyone know what softboxes he's using with the speedlights?
I realy enjojed the interview, thank You!! :)
In the video about Nick's street shooting posted here there is no direct sun involved in any of his shots. Everything done on cloudy days. Looks like he was using that HMI to replace one of his VALs as a light camera right. Then using those two softboxes for fill and two speed lights for his other main lights camera left. Just my guess at deconstructing the lighting. Any other ideas?
Ironically enough, the studio is Sunbeam Studios in north Kensington, London.
one of these days...
I'm gonna have a banner that goes around the GLOBE
I've been trying to find foamcore stand like those, does anyone know the NAME of them.
Thx
Debbi
All right DAVE, it's time to talk about RATES. How much do you think he made on the hug shot? What is the going day rate? I know its regional. Can you break it down city wise? Albany NY compared to NYC, Houston compared to Logview TX and Boston to Pittsfield Mass. What should we charge?
Hmmm so you have:
some $350 hot shoe flashes paired with a 12k HMI...
Mr. Hobby in the Time magazine thread you were defending us little guys and now you are showing this kind of photography??? care to pick a side? editorial expensive shooters or us microstock photographers?
There´s no way I can compete with that with what I earn in microstock!
Pete
@Debbie. Those foam core stands look like an easy PVC project. Probably would need a weight bag on the floor to balance it out.
Pete
Defending microstock? Hardly. I was defending Time for being frugal.
Now THAT is a studio to die for!
To me there are a couple of interesting things happening here.
You have the BBC reporter... an agent of the government, praising Nick's work. Yet, seemingly defending the current stop and search practices of his fellow government agents, the British police. To paraphrase, "Well, it only takes five minutes of your time, and why exactly is that Austrian doing photographing buses anyway?"
Then you have the video of the unveiling of Nick's billboard at Heathrow(?) which I'm guessing could have gotten whomever made it arrested. Perhaps they had the proper permits for video taping in public.
The whole thing makes me a little uncomfortable.
Not the photography, I like Nick's work, just the whole state(ish) tone of the interview. It's OK for THEM to look at you (with the whole city under video surveillance) but against the law for you to look at them (which Nick rightly points out)?
I mean, isn't the proof that something is wrong, is the fact that both the reporter and Nick were a little worried when they cop was walking past?
Adil Ray, the presenter of this programme, is a DJ on the BBC Asian Network. He isn't an agent of any government. The BBC is not a government department.
Whoever shot the video was obviously part of the team setting up the event. Regardless of that, there are no 'permits' required for shooting video in public in the UK. He could have been asked to stop shooting by Heathrow authorities, at which point, being on private property, he would have to comply. But since he was there documenting the event for the organisers such a request would be self-defeating.
The whole thing I found crazy fascinating to watch and see unfold. And seriously, a major thank you for posting it. But part of me has to be a weenie and think that the shot of two people hugging at an airport makes me think they are doing so because they survived an ordeal. But then I hate to fly so...
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