November 10, 2014 –
Monday night I took a short drive to Stellar Photography
Studios in Fort Lauderdale. Cesar Montada arranged model Apple Littlefield for
a powder shoot. Cesar would spend most of the shoot throwing baking flour on
and at Apple in a wide variety of ways.
Needless to say it was quite messy.
The charming Apple Littlefield is strikingly tall and lean, extremely
friendly, and easy to work with. Even in these unusual conditions she issued
not a single complaint and was cheery throughout. Apple is very experienced and professional.
It was a joy working with her and I look forward to shooting her again soon.
The studio currently uses Alien Bee strobes and a variety of
softboxes. There is plenty of room in the studio and several different
backdrops to choose from. Cesar also
picks out good, energetic music for the shoots. He did a great job setting up
the lighting equipment, advising the model and photographers, and still had to
clean up all the powder afterwards.
For this shoot I used my trusty Canon Rebel T3i and 24-105mm
f/4 lens. I also borrowed a Pocket Wizard from Cesar to trigger the strobes.
The powder increased the degree of difficulty for the shoot. A few times the flour projected right at and
on the camera, which was not very good. Since this was my first time shooting
powder, it took a few minutes before I realized what look and what magnitude
and vectors of powder I wanted. It was creatively challenging, which I greatly
enjoyed. There were 3-4 wardrobe changes and a few more “get the flour out of
the eyes” breaks for Apple. She was a trooper! In the end I think I got several
great shots. I’m looking forward to my next shoot at Stellar.
