Breaking the Boundaries
Written by Scott Villalobos
Friday night I had an engagement session with Seth and Christina. Christina had seen some images from a previous session and wanted to do some from the same location for her engagement session. Of course I said, no problem, and therein lye the problem. Shooting in the same location with the same conditions. I had talked briefly about this in my earlier post, “Spaghetti Anyone?” But now I was faced with more spaghetti from a paying customer, how could I spice it up?
Recently I had purchased some Pocket Wizard TT5’s, from the Houston Camera Exchange, which enabled me to be more effective with my off camera strobe then I could be with the infrared/line of sight based Canon system currently available using 580EX II’s and the ST-E2 wireless transmitter. In the past I’ve tried lighting from behind using this system but the line of sight limitation made it impossible, now with the Pocket Wizard’s in my Pelican case the boundaries of infrared were no longer an issue.
I’ve photographed this arch many times in the last year, but this time I really wanted to do something different. By backlighting my couple and lighting the interior of the arch I think I put a new twist on an old favorite, thereby making something old into something new and exciting. I really look forward to working with these new tools, which will expand photographic possibilities, which were technically impossible for me in the past.
I will be writing more about these little wonders in the near future so stay tuned for that!
Posted by Houston Wedding Photographer Scott Villalobos | RSVP Studios
Houston Wedding and Portrait Photographer - Scott Villalobos www.rsvpstudios.com
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Sweet image, Scott!
Great article, and a great shot! I love the color theory in this one.
Fantastic image Scott! This Houston landmark has been photographed thousands of times, but you really did “spice it up” in a new way for your clients. Great work!