Dragonfly Cocktail bar modeling shoot by Dom Bower

[ronaldrt]

Hi Dom

What was your lighting set up on the very first shot of this video here, obviously there's a little backlighting on the models hair

Thanks

Ron

[dombower]

@ronaldrt will have the details in the forth coming book

[ronaldrt]

@dombower Which will be when?

[stevemonkey78]

how you get to work with such lovely models.

[dombower]

@stevemonkey78 I take photos, they see my photos, they then ask if i can take photos of them. simple

[eggbertsmith]

@stevemonkey78 oy, that one model looks like me uncle, Gorgeous George! "how you get to work with such lovely models"...said the comment...clearly from an inmate serving a life sentence?

[grayhairandblueeyes]

It's not about the gear, it's about vision and the search for it.

[miguelgaio]

Nice video Dom, I really enjoyed it. Nice models too, really liked the pin-up model, its a really cool style I just love.

[patrick2504]

what camera and lens were you using Dom?

[quickshooter100]

nice one dom, gr8 shoot by the looks of it!

happy new year:)

[trancein305]

so far the most professional looking set. AWESOME!!!

[fallenembers08]

This is my favorite video of yours Dom. Thanks for sharing.

[potografiadelima]

thanks dom!

[Bader88]

is that Amy Winehouse :P Cool Shoot Dom

[mportillo27]

Amazing Dom!

[unnownsoul]

great photos..... i love your work

[kingjon81]

Dom, great intro...replayed it 6 times.

[dombower]

i like that kind of reply!

[dombower]

thumbs up for you!

[megalomanic212]

gr8 work

[QuarterCrawl]

Congrats Dom! good job........................

[iliassakalak]

Well Done!!!

[TheNikonMaster]

Nice work mate,

Just a quickie, was it only one flash you was using or did you have another hidden out of (video) camera view? great photos i do love the burlesque look.

Hows the book coming along?

Mike

[dombower]

no useing 2 or even 3 flashes for some of the images, all the shots are on my flickr page, what i shall do is add some of these images to the book with diagrams of the lighting set up for the shots.

[venuraherath]

Yeah , that would be great Dom!

[hezooskristos]

great shoot man!

[timmyguy13]

Hey does shooting in RAW help with noise reduction in post??

[dombower]

with this flash stuff all shots were taken at iso 200 so no noise was present. noise wise it depends on how you process it

[venuraherath]

What kind of wireless trigger ur using Dom?

[dombower]

the popup flash

[brt5470]

I love the shot at 1:38, It's awesome.

[lorikzzz]

I love these photos !!!! btw is that your tokina 11-16mm wide-angle really helps

[MrRobgardner]

hi Dom, great as always big man, Would love to know how you get your logo on all the photos ?

[dombower]

long and labourously put it in each one with GIMP

[colinstu]

Ah wait, nvm. These are fancier logos :P

[uplift20]

Dom, Could you do a vid off you doing some macro photos? would really like to see how thats done. Good vid.

[dombower]

????? how thats done? ...... get close to the thing you are shooting and press the shutter? not sure what secrets you think there are in macro stuff. will delve into my mind to see if there are any tips i can think of

[ProPhotoHouston02]

not too bad sir.

-Rome

[Drpepper99uk]

Great work again dom, Goes to show you can get great images with a few umbrella's and a couple of Speedlights!!! Looking forward to seeing your next project.

Mike.

[dombower]

add to that, cool models, a cool location, wireless continuous shooting thanks to nikon cls, and makeup.

[KEBokeh]

I take landscapes but I'm getting into portrait photography and this stuff is influential work...great stuff Dom!

[dombower]

thanks

[hudasmt]

Great shots Dom!!! Which lense you used on these photos? Any follow-up review on the Sigma 70-200 HSM? Was planning to get VR II from Nikon but still have'nt convince myself that its worth the money...Thanks

[dombower]

no follow up. just waiting now for exhange rates to change drastically before buying any more stuff. the new vr 2 is £2000, that is now almost 3 times the sigma 70-200.

[LoVeMeNoT555]

Was that flash umbrella a real Umbrella?

[dombower]

it was a flash umbrella. with removable silver reflector to make it a white shoot through

[xenosynergy]

Great work as always

[dombower]

thanks

[MrQfel]

nice shots man, awesome place