Location shoot Archives - Richard Spurdens Photography

Images from a remote shoot with Poppyseed dancer

Here are a few images from a remote shoot with Poppyseed Dancer. Poppyseed was in Denmark and I was at home in the UK. The set up for the shoot used a similar format to my other recent posts on remote shooting. (Zoi) and (Riona).

The whole shoot done via the internet. For this particulare shoot the camera we used was a Canon 1DX Mk II. Which mounted on a sturdy tripod held it steady. The camera connected to the laptop via a tethering cable. On the laptop was the Canons EOS Utility 3 software. This software gives you a Live view, of the scene the camera was seeing on the screen. Via which you can then choose a point of focus on your subject via your mouse. You also have a large button which when clicked activates the camera and takes the image. The laptop screen connected via Chrome ‘remote desktop’ to my home PC. So I could see the live view and take the images.

With a seperate voice and video connection using Whatsapp. Which allows you to discuss and direct the model during the session.

The setup for this session worked well. The only one issue was that we lost connection on WhatsApp for a very short while.

Poppyseed had hired an appartement of the shoot. Which gave some good location to shoot in and some nice natural window light for some of the shots. We also used a couple of studio lights for a corridor shot.

Having worked with Poppyseed once before when she was visiting the UK. I knew I would get some great dance and yoga shapes. As you can see from the images below.

Natural light images from the remote shoot with Poppyseed Dancer

These were all shot using the natural light coming in from the window

dance photographer - dance photography - poppyseed dancer wearing a red leotard on pointe

Dance Photographer - Dance photography -poppyseed dancer wearing a red leotard

dance photographer - dance photography - poppyseed dancer wearing a red leotard on a wide leg pointe pose reaching tall

dance photographer - dance photography - poppyseed dancer wearing a red leotard on a wide leg pointe pose — Richard Spurdens Photography – dance photography series

dance photographer - dance photography - poppyseed dancer wearing a red leotard on single pointe

As you can see Poppy can really create some great dance shapes and poses as she worked on pointe.

Studio flash lighting images

dance photographer - dance photography - poppyseed dancer wearing a red dance wear on single tiptoes in a doorway

dance photographer - dance photography - poppyseed dancer wearing a red dance wear on single tiptoes in a hallway doorway

Thanks again to Poppyseed and Kelly who assisted with the shoot. More images to come but thought I would share these as a starter.

Interested in what you think.

Photography

Elle Beth – Red Chair. NSFW

Here is a collection of 9 images featuring the model Elle Beth and a red chair. They were all shot in an old warehouse location in central Nottingham. The lighting of these images was just the available natural window light of the location.

Fine Art Nude Photography - Fine Art Nude Photographer -model seated on the cushion and looking out towards the window

Fine Art Nude Photography - Fine Art Nude Photographer - monocrome image of elle beth and the red chair- laying across both arms the an arched back

Fine Art Nude Photography - Fine Art Nude Photographer - image of model- laying across the angle of the seat

Fine Art Nude Photography - Fine Art Nude Photographer - creating a curved figure shape to the side of the chair with one arm across the seat

Fine Art Nude Photography - Fine Art Nude Photographer - model resting her head on her arms on the back of the chair — Richard Spurdens Photography – fine art nude series with red chair

Fine Art Nude Photography - Fine Art Nude Photographer - model leaning across the back of the chair — Richard Spurdens Photography – fine art nude series with red chair

Fine Art Nude Photography - Fine Art Nude Photographer - model seated on the cushion and leaning across teh arm and back wings

After scouting the location we found an old broken red chair that I felt would make a good prop for this set of images with Elle Beth. The theme of the set was around the idea of Elle finding an old lost chair, which was now in sad state of repair and the memories emotions it brought back .

Elle who I have worked with a number of times in recent years, produced a good set of different poses which I thought showed different emotion in each image in the set.

The choice of monochrome seemed to suit the subject and location. As in colour the red of the chair seem to dominate the image a bit too much in some of the shots. However the image below I kept in colour as the skin tones worked well against the red chair in this pose.

Fine Art Nude Photography - Fine Art Nude Photographer - colour image of elle beth and the red chair seated and stretching up to hold on of the wings

The images above were all processed in Lightroom including converting to monochrome. They were then exported into Photoshop for a few tweeks and final finishing.

Model: Elle Beth
Location: Old warehouse Nottingham
Lighting: Natural window light
Outfit: Models own
Camera: Fuji XT-1 fitted with a Fuji FX 18mm f2.0 prime lens