Behind the scenes #4, Part 1: Calendar shooting with volunteer firefighters (in english)

This is part 1 of a series of behind the scenes-videos of a shooting for a firefighter calendar with the FD Grossgoltern near Hanover in Germany - 12 sets in just two days... They were all real firefighters, no professional models. i did this with a lot of SB-800 and SB-900, the Elinchrom Quadra and the Nikon D3. Have fun, Part 2 is in the pipeline (did you ever see models spit on a photographer?) ;-)

For more information please take a look at http://simonsenphoto.com/blog/2009/10/30/so-sieht-er-aus-der-kalender-der-ff-...

Special thanks to Kevin MacLeod for the fantastic royalty free music under cc-licence. Please take a look at www.incompetech.com

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• Photoshooting
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• BTS
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• Feuerwehr
• Kalender
• Calendar
• Freiwillige Feuerwehr
• Großgoltern
• Stefan Simonsen
• Simonsen
• Feuerwehrmänner
• Nikon
• D3
• Elinchrom
• Ranger
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• A-head
• SB-800
• SB-900

[martosc13]

Great video. Thanks for sharing. The last photo was hilarious.

I have a question, though. How can you ensure that the reflective shirt did not shine? Thanks.

*pardon my English. 

[simonsenphoto]

@martosc13 Hi, thank you for your comment. What did you mean with reflective shirt? Can you specify a time code in the video? :-)

[martosc13]

@simonsenphoto Hi, thanks for the response.

For example, at 1:59, the reflective material on his right hand was lit and shiny, whereas the ones on the chest and on his left hand didn't. I assume it's because of how you angle the flashes. Anyway, I was just wondering, do you have any tips on how to make sure it doesn't shine too bright? Thanks again :-)

[simonsenphoto]

@martosc13 You're right - it's at most the angle. At the moment you mentioned his right hand reflected one of the SB-800 on his right side in a bad angle directly to the camera...

I hope this helped you out? If not, please feel free to ask a further question, you're welcome! :-)

[martosc13]

@simonsenphoto Thanks for the response. So, I guess the best tip is to trial and error; take the shot and check, right? :-). Cheers.

[SteezyyDeezyy]

999 views :D great video

[TheMisterhollywood]

very well explained.

[iliassakalak]

well done