I wanted to do more photoshoots at night. For a couple of reasons. The first is that I really am a night person. I like the still and quiet mood of night time. The second reason is that provided I only need to light a relatively small area, I can have total control of the lighting (and hence the mood of the photographs) with a couple of speedlights.
The old town of Edinburgh provides some wonderful locations for night shoots. Anna and I decided to shoot near St Giles Cathedral.
In the first set up, I used the lines and shapes of the location to frame Anna. One light behind her and one camera left to create a moody atmosphere.
We only had to move a little bit to find these stairs to the right of St Giles entrance. A speedlight on top of the stairs with a blue gel to create a pattern behind the dancer, and one speedlight on Anna. It doesn’t have to be complicated.
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