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Lifestyle Photography

This is another long exposure shot of 1½ seconds. It required the models to stand perfectly still in their poses in order to get the correct exposure.

By using studio lights as the main source, I ended up with no sky as it turned black due to a faster shutter speed, and no lights from within the counter they are sitting at. At least with this slow speed I retain the background information and get a great glow from the ambient lighting.

I was particularly impressed with Matt who had to stay still whilst taking a sip of Champagne, it actually helps the image look a "little" less posed.

I did fire one "powered down" studio light with softbox attached from the left to help out a bit but as always, natural lighting wins for me any day.