50 Lighting Setups / 50 configuraciones de iluminación

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Hockey on the Sea CASE STUDY #8

CAMERA:

Hasselblad 503c

LENS:

120mm macro

FILM: EXPOSURE: LIGHTING:

Kodak Plus X

f/8 at 1/15 second

Luz 1200 pack with medium Chimera light bank OTHER:

Assignment

Gitzo tripod

My assistant and I set up in about an hour, worked

For my “Fathers and Sons” project, I contacted Gor-

out who should be where, and did several test shots

die Howe. He and his sons agreed to a session on their

before bringing the family to the boat. At that point,

boat in the New Jersey shore.

I knew I had only about twenty minutes of good background light. Because of my preparation, though, this

Visual Objective

was more than enough time. The Howes liked the

Gordie and all but one of his sons were professional

short session and seemed to have fun. (The real treat

hockey players, but I wanted to capture them away

was when they asked my assistant and I to have dinner

from the ice. I wanted a clean background with just a

with them. They were cooking up the fish they had

suggestion of the environment—the fishing rod.

caught that morning—and it was a great meal.)

Posing

Tips

Group portraits always pose logistical challenges. Since

Extension cords were key to this successful shoot. I

this photograph is about the patriarch, I placed Gordie

didn’t own a portable pack at the time, so I ran a 100-

in the center, surrounded by his sons. The fishing chair

foot extension cord from the boat to the outlet on the

presented the perfect way to accomplish this. Once I

dock. Today I still travel with extension cords, giving

placed Gordie in the chair I arranged his sons. Marty

me an option if my portable pack dies (provided there

held the top of the chair, Mark placed his left hand on

is an outlet nearby).

Murray’s shoulder, and Murray placed his right hand on Gordie’s shoulder. This created a visual flow of

sunset behind subjects

hands that leads to Gordie’s face. I had Gordie rest his hands on his lap, anchoring the group. The Story

Not knowing what to expect, I brought all my equipment to the family’s condo on the ocean. When they

medium softbox

mentioned that they had caught some fish early that morning, a light bulb went off: I realized I had to photograph them on the boat at dusk. LIGHTING CASE STUDIES

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