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A buddy at work asked me to do something different for an engagement shoot. I suggested he let me write a story and shoot it in an abandoned textile mill and he pitched my outline to his fiance and she agreed.
So, I took a bunch of Aputure radio controls, 4 strobes, a lightweight travel tripod, my X-M1 and X-E1 and the Fujinon 23mm f/1.4 and 35mm f/1.4 and we snuck into the place. Everything fit in a large photo backpack.
We filmed almost everything in a completely dark industrial basement built in 1908 or so using flashlights for focus and posing, and radio controlled strobes (manually adjusted) for lighting. Here's some shots from it, and the video storybook I did from the images and some reprocessed images from my archives of the place I've photographed many times before. These are all done in 16x9 for the video and heavily processed for a "illustration" look.
I'll put these in the order they are for the story -- but only stuff I did for this shoot specifically. The others are in the video storybook mostly as establishing shots.
Here's the story outline:
Willow and Bruce: Searching for the Ring of Power by Entropic Remnants, on Flickr
Willow and Bruce: Searching for the Ring of Power by Entropic Remnants, on Flickr
Willow and Bruce: Searching for the Ring of Power by Entropic Remnants, on Flickr
Next is where we start filming in the dark basement with only strobes for lighting. One small, old Minolta strobe (from the 1980's, lol) is behind the doors for the glow and in the furnace reflecting off the rusted interior for the "cold fire" glow.
Who are they, why are they here, and WHAT is behind the doors?... by Entropic Remnants, on Flickr
Willow and Bruce: Searching for the Ring of Power by Entropic Remnants, on Flickr
Willow and Bruce: Searching for the Ring of Power by Entropic Remnants, on Flickr
Willow and Bruce: Searching for the Ring of Power by Entropic Remnants, on Flickr
Willow and Bruce: Searching for the Ring of Power by Entropic Remnants, on Flickr
Willow and Bruce: The Orb by Entropic Remnants, on Flickr
The "Orb" is a toy he has -- it's a ball which you can control from you iPhone and change the colors it glows and if you put it down, you can actually control its movement and roll it in different directions.
I'll leave out the Longwood Gardens shots as they are straight photography, but you can see how they look in the video if you like. It's here:
They had a blast and have something very different for their engagement, lol. I also did a print book for them which you can see here:
TheRingOfPower
So, I took a bunch of Aputure radio controls, 4 strobes, a lightweight travel tripod, my X-M1 and X-E1 and the Fujinon 23mm f/1.4 and 35mm f/1.4 and we snuck into the place. Everything fit in a large photo backpack.
We filmed almost everything in a completely dark industrial basement built in 1908 or so using flashlights for focus and posing, and radio controlled strobes (manually adjusted) for lighting. Here's some shots from it, and the video storybook I did from the images and some reprocessed images from my archives of the place I've photographed many times before. These are all done in 16x9 for the video and heavily processed for a "illustration" look.
I'll put these in the order they are for the story -- but only stuff I did for this shoot specifically. The others are in the video storybook mostly as establishing shots.
Here's the story outline:
- A man hears of a "ring of power" which can magically change his life and looks up an old man that knows how to find it.
- The ring is in a mysteriously abanonded city called "Old Town" that has sinister connotations. The ring has been hidden by someone there because it's "good".
- He and his fiance' find the way into Old Town's hidden secrets, and are drawn to the place where the ring it.
- The ring is sealed in an orb, which dissolves at his touch and transforms the world into a bright lovely place (Longwood Gardens, lol)
- They live happily ever after.
Next is where we start filming in the dark basement with only strobes for lighting. One small, old Minolta strobe (from the 1980's, lol) is behind the doors for the glow and in the furnace reflecting off the rusted interior for the "cold fire" glow.
The "Orb" is a toy he has -- it's a ball which you can control from you iPhone and change the colors it glows and if you put it down, you can actually control its movement and roll it in different directions.
I'll leave out the Longwood Gardens shots as they are straight photography, but you can see how they look in the video if you like. It's here:
They had a blast and have something very different for their engagement, lol. I also did a print book for them which you can see here:
TheRingOfPower