I don’t remember the exact circumstances of how this project came about, but I agreed to to another personal shoot with Rosella and her friend Sarah. They are now the driving force behind Dair Entertainment.
The shoot took place at Dance Base, Edinburgh, since their studio 3 offers the possibility of rigging a hoop, a trapeze and silks. The location also allows one to shoot against a dark background or a light one. This project would allow me to practice some more the lighting set ups I had used in the past, but also to experiment with new ideas.
With their first outfit, it was clear that the dark background would provide better colour contrast with their yellow costumes. And I decided to go dark and moody with only two lights slightly behind them.
It was time to move to a trapeze set up and new outfits. Given the black tops, shooting against the light background. I thought dark and moody wouldn’t work with a lighter background, so I reverted to a more conventional lighting set up, with a couple of rim lights and a main light in front of the performers.
But the translucent dresses gave me an idea. What if I put a light behind each performer? I just had to give it a go.
One more outfit to go with the trapeze set up.
And last but not least, silks.
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