Catwoman

As I’ve mentioned previously I’m in the process of moving out of Islington Mill, the new studio I’m using is in Stockport and called Hallam Mill, click here for a handy link to Google Streetview.  It’s a great space of just under 4000 sq ft.  It’s wonderful to shoot there using natural light, especially towards dusk and so far I’ve done a client shoot and taken a workshop there.  This week though I wanted to do a fun shoot with my friend Ella who was just about to pick up here degree results (yay for a 2:1!) and head back to Essex.  As it was an evening on a ‘school night’ we had a limited amount of time so I decided to do just 2 main sets, one using natural light and the other a darker, low key theme.  It’s the later that’s the subject of this post and Ella brought with her a fabulous catwoman outfit which was perfect for the theme.

Technically shooting black against black can be a little tricky so I used plenty of rim lighting to separate her from the background by varying degrees.  In the first shot this was done very subtly to try and emphasise the cat like pose and the other images gradually separate her further from the background. Rim lighting is one of the techniques I teach on my strobist lighting workshop, click the menu above to read more about these workshops. Hope you like the images and please feel free to leave comments below.