Recently we did this photo shoot at the famous Fox Theatre. This young lady became a bride in May 2011 but we did a formal bridal shoot almost 7 months later. This night was a pretty cold one. Every time we took a few images we put a coat back on her. Downtown Atlanta can be pretty windy in the winter sometimes. This happened to be one of those coldernights. It has been such a warm and mild winter in Atlanta but this evening. In the top image I had the camera on a tripod and a very slow shutter speed in order to get the blur of the cars in the background as long colored lights from the tail lights. I used a Lumedyne powerpack at 100 watt seconds of power to light the bride from the right.A Lumedyne power pack is a light I used a lot back in the days of film. It is a very consist and manual light. It has three basic settings. 50,100 and 200 watt seconds. That’s it! No sensors and computer chips and any auto settings. You have to set the light, use a meter and know what you are doing. At times I love it with digital and at other times it can be annoying. In this situation I knew I wanted the constant and consistent light and I would manipulate my f stop and ISO to give me what I was looking for. Back in the days of using a Hassleblad film camera this was the light many professionals would use every weekend for weddings.
