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Marie Claire: Shine a Light

In this month's Marie Claire (Australia) you'll find three double-page spreads covering the story of depression in Australian women.

Marie Claire have launched a campaign called shine a light to get people talking about depression.

Help them out by heading to au.lifestyle.yahoo.com/marie-claire/features/shine-a-light/

Lighting.
Lighting this was interesting, as the talent were only available during the day. We shot this and another image from about 2pm - 4pm. If you work with Australian sunshine much you'll realise that stopping out the sun in the middle of the day is near outright impossible.

We had three profoto heads through a 8x8' 3/4 scrim directly above the camera. Along with that we had (3x) cheap little flash-slaves (SLS600s) gaffered inside the umbrellas.. to help make them glow. Triggered with pocket wizards.

Client: Whitehouse Institute of Design
Photographer: Alexia Sinclair
Digi Op: James Hill
Hair & Makeup: The Artist Group
Model: Chic Models, Australia

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Lighting:
Key Softbox camera right
Hair light: Behind model camera right
Fill: Profoto Giant 280 camera left
Triggered via pocket-wizards.

Exotic Birds is an editorial spread I shot for Marie Claire late last year. It Juxtaposes the flamboyant with the everyday, we spent one week shooting Australia's best Burlesque dancers in their everyday environment.

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Lighting: Softbox camera left, right and right-flank. 1/2:1:3/4
Synced via pocket-wizards.

Behind the Scenes Video: alexiasinclair.com/the-royal-dozen-lorenzo-de-medici-the-...
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Lorenzo was a key member of the House of Medici, a powerful Florentine family. Nicknamed the Godfathers of the Renaissance, de Medicis began their days as common merchants and seductively wove their way into political power through a combination of violence and patronage of the arts....

Continue reading at alexiasinclair.com/the-royal-dozen-lorenzo-de-medici-the-...

Lighting: It's really difficult to explain as this was shot from above, best to watch the behind the scenes video. Key light: Softbox camera left (above) / ƒ11, Fill light: Softbox camera left (low) / ƒ8, Fill light: Softbox camera right (middle) / ƒ8. Triggered with pocketwizards.

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The king of France and Navarre, Louis’ reign represented the high point of the Bourbon dynasty and of French power in Europe. A major patron to the visual arts, he also encouraged the flourishing of classical French literature by protecting influential writers whilst his musicians thrived under his rule also.

Most memorably, Louis commissioned the construction of the magnificent palace of Versailles as one of his homes.

The artwork depicts Louis the Sun King in all his flamboyant glory inside Versailles. Frequently personifying the Greek God Apollo, Louis would often perform classical ballet in Apollo costume and the Sun King motif can be seen in anything and everything from Louis’ reign. The costuming in this work takes its inspiration from an original portrait of the young Louis in Apollo costume whilst the Fleur‐de‐les is the symbol of the House of Bourbon.

Read more at alexiasinclair.com/the-royal-dozen

Lighting: Key light: Softbox camera left ƒ16, Fill: Softbox camera right, ƒ11, triggered with pocketwizards.