Syreta: Nights In Color

After shooting a long time with someone, you begin to trust each other with more things.  Things that are normally discussed in great length between photographer and models that will guide the style and location of the shoot.

Syreta and I agreed to have a quick photo session today. She said she had an outfit in mind but wasn’t going to be able to try it out until she got home. We were going to shoot at night so we were going to need a lot of light and her outfit would determine what type of lights I used.

After a few different changes, she finally agreed on going with something a little more casual.

We met up and headed to a little area by one of our local park. The area used to be sketchy, but now it’s full of lights and people constantly pass by since it’s a lot nicer.

I had 1 small LED light and an old Light bar with a really bad battery. The light bar hadn’t been used in years so it was in bad shape. At most we could probably only get an hour of light from it.

We found a bench and began to take photos. I used all the available light plus the lights that I brought. It was so hard to find a good balance with all the different lights. Posing was exceptionally hard since only 1 light was hitting her face and it wasn’t that bright.

Once we moved onto the fence though, that's when it really got interesting. I placed the light on her left side and it illuminated her and the fence beautifully. It gave the perfect glow to her skin.

Every photo I took came out looking beautiful. There was so much light that I didn’t even have to push the ISO that high. The little light came through.

Syreta was bathing in the light and feeling herself. She began to pose and her poses went perfectly with the lighting.  I took some videos as well. They came out so sharp and amazing.

At the end I took some photos with my old DigiCam. I had to use the flash because it was too dark for that old camera. With the flash on though, the photo came out really good. It washed out all the colors but it was really beautiful.

We ended the session with some photos of her in her car. My friends were taking photos as well. It was a lot of fun and a good learning experience.