Shooting Jen in an abandoned factory

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Shooting Jen in an abandoned factory
Today I was invited to a photoshoot with a bunch of models and photographers.  I wasn't going to attend since there were a couple of models invited who had hounded me to shoot them.  I'm not in the habit of shooting for the sake of it but when the two "models" pulled out, I decided to attend anyways.  Result!

I realised today I am very much out of practice when shooting models; it's been more than 12 months.  I aways come away from shoots thinking I need more gear or more lights.  This time it was the softbox I was using.  I've used a collapsible Roundflash beauty dish for easy transport but it's looking like I need a 6ft diameter umbrella....more damn expense lol!

These are a few shots with Jen.  I don't know much about her except she's a dancer and dancers always look good in lightpainting images.  So we have an arrangement to shoot in the dark over Christmas which should be cool.

***Going wide***

I took only one lens today with the aim of shooting wide and low.  I wanted to exaggerate perspective and make stuff look a little different.  Life would be boring if everything looked the same.

For this one, I used a supermarket fabric conditioner bottle over a rear mounted strobe with a smoke pellet to add a bit of something behind Jen.

![Jen4.jpg](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/fastchrisuk/23tbFAxbrkEAvbJA7Yt7qQnLFpTuU8DEbZg7MKemQv3ffmW4J7cnemu6UkQooDdWKeqwr.jpg)

***Jen strikes a pose***

A red gel this time and a more conventional dance pose:

![Jen6.jpg](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/fastchrisuk/23tmDY2QBAZXRPpNZSEQkjtApH1kEaZ5ksonJRkKEDwd8PxssKsXqSn5vy6VuJ8LediLJ.jpg)

***Unconventional Jazz Hands***

Jen managed to get really dirty hands posing.  So I pointed the camera from on high and captured the grime!

![Jen3.jpg](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/fastchrisuk/23tv6Gg2vBpejKU1GvgNVwNQ6HG3hGjtCtVRaEqFqoGDySLdDPPiWfrwbdNzMEibNZJLv.jpg)

***Going low down***

Getting low down isn't easy when you have dodgy knees!

![Jen1.jpg](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/fastchrisuk/23vrtw6i9xhxpSyQyc5LNU7tk7oy86j82vkPQz1SpbFGtX16pvjrCwprYtTVm1qrFtEcm.jpg)

***Supermarket fabric conditioner blue***

Low down with Jen again:

![Jen5.jpg](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/fastchrisuk/23u5NRYPjb1xPcsaP6F3xBDEkiQmVDiBC9zxpoyaNwd9GqeuVARxA2h38cHZ97wvx2ug5.jpg)

***These ain't clean hands***

Those hands again.  I must remember to pack wipes next time!

![Jen8.jpg](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/fastchrisuk/23tknLaew5W498wge5b6XsyzBVL1HewSu8JJ5BRdywU52Uf1nyjtq7ghzhTXSMDMvTUVr.jpg)

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