I helped Damien out the other day and took some photos of his studio set up at his new flat. I think the plan is to use them to publicise the availability of the place. Anyway, we went with a blue/white feel for some of the latter shots. These were both shot with two Canon 580EXII flashes, one being gelled blue and the other open white. Here are a couple of my favourite images from the afternoon.

For the studio shot, I attached one of the flashes to a stand and used it like a boom to hold over the desk. The other flash was on another stand, fairly close to the camera and gelled in blue. If I remember rightly, the blue flash was set to full power and the white one to 1/4.

The close up microphone shot was a similar principle to above. The blue gelled flash was attached to a manfrotto magic arm and the white flash I attached a home made grid and got Damien to hold it pointed at the microphone. I’m quite pleased with the outcome.


