Location portrait shoot in Cornwall with strobe left of Camera

in Portrait photography by Jamie HIBBERT — March 22, 2010 at 12:24 pm | 4 comments

Location portrait shoot with strobe

Child Portrait shoot

I had a wonderful day yesterday, capturing some photographs for this blog, based around Cornwall Photography, my trials, errors and successes stories as shared.

I was armed with my camera, a few ideas and a single strobe, not to mention my lads and a packed lunch big enough to feed a small army! We headed off to Goonhilly Downs on the Lizard peninsular to take some photos on location as these were:

• High key portrait on location in Cornwall
• Winter location shoot

I wanted a totally different feel to the images, something a little edgy and more like a fashion shoot feel, rather than a solid portrait photograph.

I found a great location. It was a dis-used building with high walls and no roof. There was loads of ambient light pouring in, but not harsh direct sunlight. In the middle of the floor was this lovely tree growing up through the concrete  floor, dressed in moss.

I set up the lighting – a small child holding a strobe. Took some ambient light levels, switched into Manuel mode, dropped the exposure about 5 stops below normal exposure and powered the flash to just below full, Bang! I got the photograph I was looking for.

This just shows the flexibility you have when out location shooting with a camera and a strobe, let alone a few reflectors to soften things up a little. I so prefer this type of photography to studio shooting. The light offers more challenges, the environment enhances your photos and you get lung fulls of fresh air.

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