Behind The Scenes | Romantic Dreams | Mirriam Amber, February 2025

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It's time for you to come with me behind the curtains in whatever-is-it-I'm-doing. 😜😆

Last time, it was on my trip to Rome, Italy with Trine Lasson in this two part video - and today it's something completely opposite. ☺️

A few weeks ago I released this experimental set with Mirriam Amber and on that exact day, I recorded some footage for you, which has now been edited into a BTS-video. The runtime aren't the same as the Italy video, but it makes totally sense since this shoot was only lasting for like three hours, while our trip to Rome was a four DAY journey. 😅🤷🏻‍♂️
So, to compensate for that, I've even arranged yet another video for you to be released later this month with a slightly longer runtime. 😏

Anyway, if you haven't already go check out PART ONE (PREMIUM / Nude) and PART TWO (BASIC / Lingerie) of todays shoot in the video.

HERE'S SOME INSIGHTS FROM THE VIDEO..

The setup was mobile. A studio, but mobile.
We decided to do it at Mirriams place eventhou I knew it had limited space available for me to work with.

I brought along my mobile studio, which consist of a Manfrotto Standbag with 3x Manfrotto Compact Stand to create some sort of 'frame' for the shoot. Instead of a normal 2.75m backdrop I usually go with, I decided to carry along a huge piece of filt-carpet, measuring like 3x3 m or so.

The reason why I went with this, was because I knew that there wasn't too much space to work with and while I knew we were gonna work with minimum one flash, I needed something which didn't reflect too much light. 😅
If you look at the screenshot below, you can see the filt-carpet.

Upon that I placed a sheet of transparrent plastic which both could act as a backdrop, but at the same time Mirriam could be behind it and use it as a "cover" / effect. 😉👌🏻

(Above; A photo showing the basic setup which we then manipulated in various ways, to create specific atmospheres and varying the look and feel)

By combining an Elinchrom RX500 flash with a Nanlite Pavotube RX II, you get this fine balance fill- and key light, because it can be hard to see what's what. 😅 Most people will argue that the Elinchrom is the key light, but since it's static and placed the same place all the time, I would argue that the Pavotube in fact actually is the key light and the most important part of the light setup. 😁🤷🏻‍♂️

(Above; The difference a single Pavotube can do)

Below is an example of how quick the setting can change when working with a Pavotube. On the right it's set to red-ish colors and just casually placed on a table, while on the left you see me holding it and moving it around while it's set to blue-ish tones. ☺️

Back in the day you had to have a third person on the set doing assistance and operating huge flashs and changing géls. 😅🙈

Note how "colored" these two stills look. That's because they are taken from a video recorded on an iPhone. This means the phone is trying to light up the frame to make it look as good as possible - while on the final results, you see what my Canon R5 saw WITH the flash used. Kind of ironic the final photos are darker, eventhou a flash was used, right? 😉

That's because I shot at "Av"-setting with a PocketWizard mounted, to trigger the flash.

(To the left: You see me holding a Pavotube set to blue-ish tones. To the right: The Pavotube is placed on a table while set to red tones)

 Because the Pavotubes are such an easy tool to move around and operate, it's possible for me to both shoot photos AND be in charge of moving the lights around at the same time.
This creates some cool looking variations of the photos and makes the whole setup quite dynamic

As always: Please feel free to ask away about whatever you want to know about this shoot! ☺️ Technical stuff, practical stuff, tips or tricks - or simply just let me know what you think. 🥳🙏🏻