Sasha McVey Visual Diary:

Limitations:

-the space is very limited

-outside studio so weather conditions

-very hard to get to Glenarm as bus goes only twice a day

Potentials:

-young open-minded artist

-studio is surrounded by landscapes

-a lot of work to show off

-already worked with Sasha

Bring:

-Flash lights

-Light Meter

-Reflector

-Camera with external battery and SD cards

Contact Sheets

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When I arrived to studio we had to clean the space out as it also works as a store so all boxes had to be moved so there is space for lighting which was necessary as there was no natural light and ambient light was very poor as well. I used one flashlight and a reflector on the other side of the room. We decided that mostly we will focus to shoot beside her kiln which was full of her products that she created which I thought it will at the same time work as effective backdrop.  The photo shoot was quite quick as I had to be very fast because  the studio is basically outside without heating so model does not freeze down.

Final Photographs

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These are some final portraits that I have chosen and edited. I feel they are quite successful and this time the ambient light with flash was well balanced so full photograph is well light and it is not as dramatic. Sasha loved the outcome as well and decided to use these portraits on her website as well. I feel that the photographs perfectly captured the sense of her studio and created friendly atmosphere. Some photographs are stronger than other especially because of the framing but I was certainly able to choose from wider range of good photographs.