Drew Gardner Workshop at Bert Stephani HQ Belgium from
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If you don't know who this guy is yet, then you better drop by his
excellent site and
blog now! Drew is one of my favorite photographers and was the inspiration for the
Mythology shoot I did a month ago. I grabbed this video from his site, which is also available in Bert Stephani's blog, who himself is an excellent photographer and one of my faves as well. Drew had a on location photography seminar in Belgium (where Bert lives) and the video was a little behind the scene look at how Drew works. Drew has done a series of photos with a forest theme which are absolutely my favorites. Here's a BTS video of some of his recent Forest shoots:
Drew Gardner Zebra Shoot Teaser from
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You'll see in the video that he uses a fog machine, some big light modifiers and real animals (that's right, animals). I love that look, but I don't have any of the above mentioned gear (not counting that he uses a $10,000++ phase one camera), so I just added my fog/smoke in Photoshop. Here's some more of Drew's forest photos compared to my Mythology photos:
Drew:
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Me:
Drew:
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Okay, I know that my photos are way, way out of Drew's league (in all aspects), but the point is the lack of gear shouldn't stop you from trying. After a few Photoshop "fog tests", I was happy with the results then applied it to the photos. And besides, during the seminar in Belgium in the top most video, it seems that they just added the fog/smoke in Photoshop as well. At the end of the day, the only thing that matters is that you're happy with your results. Have fun shooting!
Related:
Drew Gardner's Site and
Blog - favorites are the Epic Fashion series, as well as the Fairy tale themed ones
Bert Stephani's site - very informative and very cool "strobist" related videos
