I had wanted to do a shoot at the Vennel Viewpoint in Grassmarket for a while. From that vantage point, you get a great view of Edinburgh castle.
This kind of location looks best during the blue hour, especially with overcast weather. Not that we have any of that in Scotland.
I met with a couple of dancers, Abbie and Sophy, for a shoot after sunset. We started with the classic set up featuring Edinburgh castle in the background.
The blue hour doesn’t last for long, and eventually the sky turned black. In this case, I had to look for compositions that excluded the sky. I first focussed on the foliage (to provide colour) shown in the bottom right of the above pictures.
Then looking up the stairs with a levelled camera I was also able to eliminate the sky from the composition.
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