Tis' the Season to Glimmer

Winter is always a challenging time to shoot, cold weather, early sunsets and too many holiday commitments at work.  To help set a more festive tone with my images, I purchased a background from Serendipity Backgrounds in late November for a work-related photoshoot with our health care providers.  Serendipity Backgrounds stock a lot of backgrounds that are printed on matte' paper.  I was reluctant to purchase a background since they are pricey and the thought of a paper backdrop made me nervous.

However, I do like the ability to quickly hang it with minimal swearing and wrinkling.  The background I purchased is called Glimmer, and it is about 5' x 7'.  It does require two people to hang, but once raised, you only need to attach a couple clips on each corner to make it hang straight.

Simple lighting in the shot of the boys.  I used an Alien Bee 1600 with a 64" PLM and a white diffusion front panel as my key light, and the ABR800 bounced off my garage door for fill.

If I recall the key was metered at f/4 and the fill at f/2.8.  I feathered the PLM to light up the backdrop to help minimize shadows from my boys.  The whole session took 60 minutes to set-up, shoot and breakdown.  The following images at the Provider Party was done with only the key set-up.

I wish all my family, friends, and blog followers a very Joyous and Safe Holiday Season.  See you in 2011 and "That's A Wrap!!!"