Madara just came back from Japan the other week and already I asked for a shoot XD So we did a shoot for the Niji iro no kuma kuma version of Ranka Lee from Macross Frontier! We even imported a giant teddy bear from the UK for the shoot (she kept it).
The idea from the get go was for the over-exposed pastel type colours that many cosplay photos use. Of course, I’m a bit of a technically-paranoid freak as well so I shot relatively normal exposures then pushed it up in post. Most of the light was bounced, but I also had a flash behind the sheer curtains of the window for that sunny day effect (typical setup for me by now, I suppose).
We also did a fashion type shoot for clothes she brought back from Japan after this but work has been quite busy lately so those are not totally done yet.
During the shoot I managed to isolate the cause of the flash reliability problem which had been dogging me the past few weeks. As before, one of the flashes wasn’t firing, even if I put it into optical slave mode. I tried different triggers and new batteries and the problem persisted, so my conclusion was the flash was the problem. Since I don’t have room in my bag for any piece of equipment that isn’t 100 percent reliable, that flash will be put away. I’ve got enough flash units lying around in my reserves to be able to replace it with a similar-powered unit without having to buy something new.
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