Employee of the future

October 20, 2009 | Filed Under photo 

Meet Rachel. She plays an office worker of the future in a friend’s lo-fi sci-fi film that’s nearing completion. I was on set to shoot some stills during the filming on the weekend. In the future, office workers still ride rickety wooden elevators (it’s true!).

One SB600 placed in the wall outside the elevator, behind the camera to the right (see the hard shadow) that’s pretty well-aligned with Rachel’s face. This was balanced with sunlight coming through a clouded window behind her. I don’t remember the exact camera settings, but it was something like iso 400, 1/125-1/160 at F/4.5 or so, the flash probably around 1/4 power, ungelled. Used a Tamron 17-50 at 17mm. Here’s a lighting diagram.

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