Philip Payne's photostream  

I preferred this shot in black and white for some reason.

I've posted a similar shot before but I liked this one too.

Although everybody laughs I used to be able to do this. Doing this shoot made me want to start some yoga practice again.

Three shots comped together showing the progression through three yoga headstand asanas.

The shots were taken one after another in quick succession. Verity has not moved her arms or head and it is interesting to see the change in the lighting between the three shots. Compare the light on her face and arms between the first two shots and the light on her legs between the last two.

Two Elinchrom studio flashes in large softboxes behind subject to blow out the background. Two SB80s, no modifier, one either side of the subject pointing directly in.

SBs triggered with RF-602, background lights triggered with optical slaves.

Lighting diagram can be seen in the previous two shots in my stream.

Another of the dance shots of Verity from a week ago. I'm not sure I am completely sold on the white background. The lighting was all set up for the yoga shots and we just did a few dance shots on the set at the beginning of the shoot.

I will be running a day long Dance Photography workshop in May. If you are interested drop me a line here or add me on Facebook where I will announce the date when it is confirmed.

Two Elinchrom studio flashes in large softboxes behind subject to blow out the background. Two SB80s, no modifier, one either side of the subject pointing directly in.

SBs triggered with RF-602, background lights triggered with optical slaves.

Just found this photo again from last year.

Martin and I spent a considerable amount of time playing with conkers (not a euphemism) at the September LSMG meetup. It's surprisingly difficult to get the timing right.

Single 580EX II camera left and behind the static conker which was hung from a tree branch. The flash was zoomed to 50mm and flagged on the right & left sides to cut down some of the spill. Triggered with RF-602