Examining How Natural Light Varies Depending On Direction.
Model: Steph
Location: Disused Barn, Glynde (map link)

I’ve worked with Steph a number of times over the past couple of years, and our working portfolios owe a lot to each other. One of us will contact the other with an idea for a shoot and we’ll work together to try and achieve the look we’re after – occasionally we learn something along the way…

This time we wanted to work with natural light adding some drama to a bit of urbex location shooting. The sun was shining brightly over Sussex so there was plenty of natural light to work with, and we headed to a disused barn just South of Glynde.

Shot 1 (right) was upstairs in the old cow shed at a South East facing window so the light was entering at an oblique angle to the model. Taking a position to the side of the window, in the beam of light, Steph was lit in quite a dramatic fashion, and by slightly underexposing the image, the amount of light that spilled into room is kept controllable.… Read more