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Show and Shine with Zeeke

Postby Dug on Sun May 21, 2006 11:19 pm

Some shots from the Show and Shine on the coast today.
I was shooting a school formal last night and left the second camera set on JPG :( Do'h dumb My only excuse is it was a heavy night 4 PM till 11pm photographing 17 &18 year olds. Mostly female, wearing some amazing outfits :shock: I am getting to old for stuff like that, and NO! You cannot se those photos.


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Postby Zeeke on Sun May 21, 2006 11:47 pm

Some great captures there Dug, you got alot more detail then me, helps having 2 cameras.. I was lazy and didnt feel like swapping lenses every 2 seconds so i stuck with the 10-20

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Postby MATT on Sun May 21, 2006 11:52 pm

Some nice shots there Dug.

Are you sure you cant show us some pics.... :twisted:

What setup did you use for the formal?

I have contimplated doing this with the formal in town. Not sure if anyone does anything here but my wife is a teacher at the school so I may have an in there at some stage.


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Postby Dug on Mon May 22, 2006 12:09 am

A Simple 2 light setup main light off to the side fill light beside the camera

1/2 a stop difference between the lights white umbrellas to soften the flash.

It has been a hell of a week for flashes 2 of mine are in for repair + one from the other guy I do the shooting with, So his spare crashes as well we organize to borrow one from a friend he drops it the day before the shoot

We now have 2 main and 2 fill lights with no backups at all one fill light has no modeling light, 1/2 an hour into the shoot thing are just getting busy and a queue of parents and kids has formed all the lights go out we have blown the circuit breakers and they need to call an electrician to reset them!!!!

We find a working power plug on the next floor and run extension leads from that. This takes about 15 minutes so we are well behind schedule.

All goes well for the rest of the night I had a fire extinguisher on hand just incase the dodgy flash unit played up though!

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Postby MATT on Mon May 22, 2006 12:14 am

Thanks Dug..

Just remember life wasnt ment to be easy, and if it can go wrong it will..... :?


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Postby Dug on Mon May 22, 2006 12:25 am

Murphy's law "What ever can go wrong will go wrong at the worst possible moment"
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Postby Oneputt on Mon May 22, 2006 8:13 am

Gee you have a tough life Dug. If you need a gaffer for your next school formal I'm definately your man :lol:
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Postby Manta on Mon May 22, 2006 8:36 am

Oneputt wrote:Gee you have a tough life Dug. If you need a gaffer for your next school formal I'm definately your man :lol:


Is that 'cos you've made more than a few gaffes in your time, John? :lol:

Terrific shots Doug - amazing what a difference a slight angle change can make and the colouring is just magnificent.
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Postby Dug on Mon May 22, 2006 10:55 am

Oneputt wrote:Gee you have a tough life Dug. If you need a gaffer for your next school formal I'm definately your man :lol:


A Gaffer? is that the person who puts the tape on to stop the "mammalian protuberances" from falling out of the gowns?

If it is I'll be the gaffer you can take the photos :shock:
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Postby elffinarts on Mon May 22, 2006 1:06 pm

 LOL Dug, nice wording.

I like the angles of the car shots. I know the feeling of having lighting go all to hell at an event, and I'm planning on buying up on spares in a big way this year to avoid it happening to me again.

on a side note, generally magic tape works well enough, it's better than gaff tape - unless you've got yourself a model who prefers an amount of pain with removal of said gaff.
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Postby Dug on Mon May 22, 2006 3:51 pm

The wording is courtesy of Frank Zappa :D

There is a skin friendly double sided tape produced for this very problem it is referred to as and I quote "Tit Tape" :shock: :wink:
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Postby elffinarts on Mon May 22, 2006 5:15 pm

huh, hadn't heard it referred to by that name... really needed some for a model a fortnight back. lol
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Postby Dug on Mon May 22, 2006 5:41 pm

I'll see if I can find a supplier for you I haven't had to use it for years.

good modeling agencies should know about it.


http://www.lovehoney.co.uk/product.cfm?id=1846

Should be available here may be worth checking adult shops too :wink:

OK also available on Ebay http://cgi.ebay.com.au/L-K-CELEBRITY-ST ... 283846QQca :shock:
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Postby Dug on Mon May 22, 2006 5:47 pm

Dam guys how did we get from cars to tit tape ? :?
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Postby Manta on Mon May 22, 2006 6:22 pm

Logical progression, I would have thought....

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