Well, at least I owe you guys one last post on the Live Blogging thing, hahaha… Things, as always, have been very busy, even I write this post in Bali, just arriving for a photoshoot. Sorry about that 😀

Well, most of the time, my lighting was not this tricky, but for this scene, I was planning  to get that multi light source kinda scene. Quite difficult feat to accomplish when there’s only three of us with a limited time and space and gear set-up. So I opted for a multi exposure kinda thing. The subjects will be indipendently lit, then composed together in photoshop.

We prepped the camera on a tripod then begin lighting the subject individually: the waitress, the singer, the hero. Here’s the individual shots and how they are combined. To get the haze effect we borrowed a smoke machine from a local shop. The room instantly transformed into a smoke filled club.

Here’s the two shots combined

And the last element added

Final shot after retouching

Aaanddd, the final images are in, all in their full gory! eerrr… I mean full glory! You guys can check it out on my site A Short Story I’m not sure how would people would receive it, but its the best we can do in a two days take. That’s a great thing about personal work: (well, semi-personal work) You don’t really care about the opinions of others, as long as you’re satisfied with it. It’s no Leibovitz, but we’re proud of it, aren’t we Will and Rini? Would love to hear what you think.

Thanks for tuning in.
Edward