My car took me west to West calder and then off to a place called Wilsontown on the outskirts of lanarkshire. There, I found a place called 'The Glen'; one of those little nature-scapes which grow around the path of a river and offer up any number of potential pictures. The light was very flat when I got there, though, and the paths (thankfully not too well travelled) were pretty mushy. I had boots on, but my trouser legs got soaked to the knees.
On my return to Livingston, I had lunch then wandered up to my studio to play with my flashlights. I have a boom arm which holds a 5-in-1 reflector in place, and I used this to tie various bunches of silk flowers allowing them to dangle. Then I set up different scenario's to light them. I use two x Canon 430ex speedlights mounted on standard tripods with brackets that allow a shoot through brolly to be mounted.
Some of the effects are great, and I spent about four hours (how sad) moving lights and rehanging backdrops. Now, if I could just get a model who would stay perfectly still for me for around four hours and ... well, one day when I can afford it maybe :)
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