I got to assist Holland native, fashion and glamour photographer, Frank Doorhof, at the “Secrets of Lighting” workshop in Los Angeles. The workshop was organized and run by Palm Springs photographer Bill Miller. It was a lot of fun and a good way to spend my weekend before finals. I learned a lot and got to meet a bunch of other photographers, models, and makeup artists. On Saturday we shot at a $5 Million penthouse suite on the 21st floor, at the most expensive apartment building in L.A., The Californian on Wilshire. On Sunday we shot in a courtyard area behind a photo gallery, The Perfect Exposure Gallery, in downtown Los Angeles. Here are some of Frank’s behind the scenes shots.
Although I was kept busy by carrying equipment, setting up lights, and running errands such as picking up water and lunch, I was lucky enough to be able listen in on Frank’s teachings and even get in a few shots myself. It was definitely worth driving up to L.A. two days in a row for. 
Here is a link to Frank’s website : http://www.frankdoorhof.com/
Late night photoshoot at the Mesa parking structure. The prophoto lighting kit was due the next morning so I figured I should get a few more hours of use out of it. I was limited by the number of power outlets and the length of the extension cord. Luckily there was a UCI maintenance vehicle parked right next to one of the outlets that I was able to work into the photos.
These have some Dave Hill style post-production. The originals are at the end of this post.
Here is how I had the lights setup.
Here are the originals without any major post-processing.
June 4, 2008 - 11:29 pm
bahaha!
dang, your Dave-Hill style pictures look really professional. Also, you definitely did a good job in incorporating the UCI maintenance vehicle, it shows your flexibility and ability to make do with what you have.
Theses shots are from a photoshoot we did for the photoclub on 4/7/08 and have been sitting around on my hard drive ever since. I had some magic arms, super clamps, and pocket wizards that were being neglected since the end of UCI’s basketball season, so we decided to put them to good use.
June 4, 2008 - 3:26 pm
cool shots, like that top one,look on face.
June 4, 2008 - 11:23 pm
bahaha!
They turned out pretty nice!
I got to use a Prophoto lighting kit over the weekend. The headshots were done with an orange bed sheet used as a backdrop.
Heres a shot of how I set up the lights. I think it worked out alright for my first time. I wish I could have gotten the soft box up higher, but ceiling was a bit of a problem.
I also used the kit to shoot a local band at UCI for an assignment for the school newspaper.
Then there was dino cake….
June 4, 2008 - 11:22 pm
bahaha!
Marq - Great shots there Scott – for the limited shooting those look sweet! You and Bill did a great job helping with those setups, by the way. It was a pleasure meeting you out there, the infomation sharing made the time spent even better. It was definetly a fun workshop and to have the chance to see Frank in action was the icing on the cake. I’ll keep checking back into your blog and gallary from time to time, there is some good work in there.
– Marq
Thunder - are those last 3 pictures ones you took?