It´s hard to get a blog post ready those last weeks, as currently have one shoot after another and clients do not want to wait too long to see the results J. With some partners we are also setting up a new model agency here at the Costa Blanca, so lots of work now and upcoming in preparation of this.
I have been experimenting lots with the gold or the silver side of the California Sunbounce.
The Gold side:
- It gives me a warm glow or even the effect of a late afternoon sun during the day
- Easier for the eyes of the model to support
- Negative is when the model has a white dress or blouse, it tends to loose the exact white color and to give it a more cream color. As well a model with blond ( almost white) hair, it tends to reflect a bit too much gold-brown shine. Therefore the effect with the different skin color and black hair of the little girls was perfect to use the gold side.
The Silver side:
- Perfect to use in darker parts of the location
- It can create a nice kind of cool atmosphere and perfect to use with Urban photo shoots as well.
- Negative is the harsh light, and difficult to support for the eyes of the model and to be careful when using for very white skin models.
Far below also more pictures of the shoot I had with 2 lovely girls, a bit different concerning lighting and skin tones but was lots of fun and I´m happy with the results. Even the skin was darker I still used a lot the gold side of the California sunbounce and for the graffiti the silver side to give a kind of different mood.
GOLD sunbounce. Taken at around 13:00 pm, so the sun was very strong. As you can see skin color has a nice warm glow like a later afternoon sun, but blouse took more cream color than original color. I did not change anything for the skin tones in PS. I did a little mistake here: Sunbounce was held horizontal and did not light up the full body. (NOTE: I did a new processing later of this picture, to match the exact colors of the picture below to put in the serie. I just wanted to show you the difference)
f 9 1/320 36mm ISO 100
GOLD Sunbounce. I was standing under a light roof, model outside of it, sun from behind. Sunbounce at 45 degrees flat from the ground at about 1,5 m from model. Here I used the curves in PS to change slightly the skin color back to normal and same for the blouse. As it was midday and the sun very harsh could not use the silver side and would have given the wrong effect. ( I tried it..)
f 7.1 1/250 200mm ISO 100
SILVER Sunbounce. THIS IS ONLY A TEST picture with the model and lighting, did not pass and has not been processed !! Standing under a bamboo roof in a patio at the sea, tried the silver sunbounce but as you can see not a satisfied result; also with the gold side not a good result as skin was taking the same color as the light brown door behind the model. Decided to use a flash thru white umbrella for this patio serie.
f 5.6 1/80 135mm ISO 100
SILVER Sunbounce. Late afternoon, sun still high up from the left of the camera, silver sunbounce on the right ( left of the model). Needed silver to lighten up the face and to give a more cooler effect with the grafitti.
Aperture priority f 5.6 1/750 135mm ISO 100
SILVER Sunbounce. There was no sunlight coming in here ( sun was behind the wall). So lighted up the whole picture with the Silver side of the sunbounce.
Aperture priority f 4.5 1/80 26mm ISO 100
Below in previous post you see samples of Golden sunbounce with the young girls.
