{"id":2392,"date":"2021-01-26T17:58:23","date_gmt":"2021-01-26T17:58:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/philippemonthoux.com\/blog\/?p=2392"},"modified":"2021-01-26T17:58:23","modified_gmt":"2021-01-26T17:58:23","slug":"pyro-celtica-at-roslin-castle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/philippemonthoux.com\/blog\/pyro-celtica-at-roslin-castle\/","title":{"rendered":"Pyro Celtica at Roslin Castle"},"content":{"rendered":"

I was looking to do some more fire shoots last summer and contacted Ron from Pyro Celtica to see if they\u2019d be interested. Pyro Celtica is pioneering their own brand of Celtic Fire Theatre and pushing the boundaries of performance through the fusion of Circus, Music, Dance and Theatre melded together in flames, quoting from their website<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Luckily, Ron and his partner Jess were interested and we set up a shoot at Roslin Castle. I really liked the lines and shapes of the arches. A quick test shot revealed what I suspected, the scene looked really flat. So I put a bare speedlight at the back of the arches to back light them and I had another small flash in a soft box, camera left, to light my subjects. Underexposing the ambient light by more than a stop allowed me to create an atmosphere.<\/p>\n

We started with their Celtic costumes and then switched to black outfits.<\/p>\n

\"Ron
The speedlight at the back creates shadows inside the arches and a highlight on Jess’ right arm.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Jess
Another benefit from having the speedlight at the back is that it highlights the smoke from the fire.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Ron
Using the classic composition tool of framing Ron within an arch.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Ron
My favourite from this series.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Ron
Because of the heat from the fire, Ron could not hold the pose for too long.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Ron
I love the effect of the backlight with the smoke.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Ron
Without the smoke, the pictures have more contrast.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Fire eating is a part of many fire acts and it was perfectly logical to set up some flame tasting photographs. It turned out to be tricky to light and I\u2019m not entirely satisfied with the picture below.<\/p>\n

\"Jess
It was important to get a clean out of focus background for a picture like this.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The final set up involved fire swords. I first took some photographs against a wall of the castle to give the background some texture and colour.<\/p>\n

\"Ron
Another two light set up. One light camera right in from of Ron and another one camera left behind my subject to provide separation from the background.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

As the light was dimming at the end of the day, it became possible to totally kill the ambient with my speedlights and we went for some dramatic, high contrast pictures.<\/p>\n

\"Jess
I really like this lighting set up, and so did Jess and Ron.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Jess
I took a lot of frames to get some with the fire looking good.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Jess
Jess proposed they faced each other, but I wasn’t sure the lighting would work out, but it did.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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