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finally finished my Fred Bare summer campaign
because of the highly stylisistic art direction i used for the campaign i had to edit out alot of the images with the client to get a presentable set that looked more fun and innocent.

i'm a fan of movement high contrast lighting and beautiful moody tones

so here are 4 images from the campaign:


used the strobe on all of them






on the last day we had to return the lighting before the end of the working day so i ended up riging a 3xsb800 flash setup to light this one, it was crude but it's combined light output matched the strobe

the complete catalogue can be viewed here warning the whole page is a couple of MB in size 1024pixels max width
http://www.zeduce.org/images/fred2006sum/final.htm

why did you have to edit out so many images?
did they change the brief or did the art direction not match the brief?

hi

wow, i really really like what you have done in here, love the lighting!!

thanks for sharing

christian

I've gotta say that while I can see why others might find these impressive, I don't think they're all that good.

Compositionally, most of them seem weak and while I don't mind your curves, they seem somewhat flat, with the exception of the last one which I think is the better of the lot.

In fact, I'd say the last has quite a lot of beautiful qualities to it, but the smile on the girls just looks forced and the light on her face seems just that bit too harsh compared to her arms... and for me that doesn't blend with this image all too well.

I've gotta say, I've seen better from you.

Tell Fred Bare: Go back and shoot all again with more impressions.

Wendell - I've had a look through the full catalogue on your site, and I think it looks excellent.

There are too many images to comment on individually, however I particularly like your treatment of motion - the kicking water shots are fantastic.

I also like the low sunset with strong side lighting, very atmospheric.

Finally, I like the cover images - the haze created by drowning the image with light has a strong effect, for me it creates an atmosphere that summer is just about to break through...

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