Arlund

I recently had the opportunity to attend a workshop hosted by Chuck Arlund & Stephanie Zettl. Their work is really impressive and their use of off-camera lighting is what really interested me. It was great to meet up with about 15 other photographers and try out some new stuff.

It was an all day thing–a majority of the shooting took place at the Downtown Presbyterian Church in downtown Nashville. The current structure was built in 1848 and it had some incredible places to take pictures on some of the upper floors. Here are a few of my favorites. They all use some kind of off camera lighting w/ a good mix of the soft, ambient light. (seriously) Very little post-processing was done on these–that’s how awesome the light was. The one shot in the red hallway is my favorite and was done by having someone hold a video-light off camera left–it created a different, dramatic look that I really like. For those of you who are photographers: It’s neat b/c the hallway was nearly completely dark, and the video-light allowed me to shoot it at 1/30 f/2.8 400iso. I could have upped the iso or opened up my aperature (or both), for an even faster shutter speed, but I rolled with it. Please let me know what you think–I’m kind of new to off camera lighting so I’m always up for learning from those who have more experience.