Day 2: About a year ago I landed a gig that required me to shoot with studio lights. Nevermind that I'd never used studio lights in my life and didn't know what the heck I was doing. I found a cheap set on eBay and was set to go. I was a little intimidated by the lights but I found out there's really no truck to using them. You just hook them up the the camera and set them like you would a regular manual on-camera flash. Okay, maybe its not that simple, but I got through this first job. Since then I've been experimenting with studio photography with mixed results. On July 28 I had the opportunity to participate in a stuido workshop at Studio Altius in Maplewood, Mo. Participants got one-on-one instruction in the finer points of studio lighting. I learned a lot and took more than 300 shots. These are two of my favorites of one of the models Laura. Laura never did professional modeling before that day and is in fact a Ph D. candidate in an area of study that escapes me right now.
I decided to post these after seeing Laura today on a photo shoot. Studio Altius has a side business called Altius Athlete Photography specializing in youth sports team photography. I've been shooting for this company for a while now and Laura was there helping us out with team registration. I don't know how many pictures I took of individuals and teams today, but it was pretty quick and efficient. When we were done I drove over to Creve Coeur Lake to see if there were any good photo ops. I didn't really see anything interesting though. Better luck tomorrow.
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