When I shot Alkemie Jane for my Foodiepo project, I wanted to do something a little different. The other shoots are done against a bright colored but solid backdrop. But, with Ice, I wanted to try and do something to push the concept. In the end Alkemie would not be able to do a whole lot with the ice so more of the concept had to come out of the set up.

I ended up creating a “Light Chamber”. What I have done is to set up a grey seemless. about two feet in front of that I hang a clear plastic sheet. Just a simple disposable dropcloth from the hardware store. I hosed the plastic down with Baby Oil and then spritzed it with water to create a “wet look”

Three flashes are gelled blue and put between the sheet and the grey seemless. Another two gelled flashes are on the floor to light the ice. (My sync wasn’t working right in the picture above so two flashes are there but not firing.) Then a softbox above lights Alkemie who was a good sport to sit on 200 pounds of ice for me.

I haven’t had any other project that I have tried this light chamber with yet, but I really do enjoy the look of the light in the photographs I got from it.

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