LAMUA
model: Hannah Lawlor | mua: Geanina Gontaru
The Van Diemens
The Van Diemens
photo: close encounters
Originally uploaded by Hugh_C
had an evening out with the lissome Sophie M and make-up artist Parima Barghgir on Sunday. I’d been meaning to shoot in this location again since making a time-lapse sequence here a year or two ago, and the opportunity came up, so we all grasped it. The location is beside the train station in Adamstown, near Lucan, west Dublin. It’s one of those new estates built towards the end of the boom, with an infrastructure the envy of west Dublin, only thing is though that it seems deserted. Nobody drove past during probably about 90 minutes shooting. Bizarre, there’s just nobody there.
Can’t say I’d like to live there myself mind you, the place is not very inviting, infrastructure notwithlstanding.
Anyway, here is Sophie in a dress of her own, a late substitute for a Claire Garvey piece we’d managed to leave behind in Parima’s house. She has a pair of strobes mounted on a stand a metre or so behind her, and some ambient fluorescent light from the tubes above. I’ve removed the stand in post, mostly hidden however behind Sophie. I’m pleased with the results.
Via Flickr:
model: Sophie Merry
mua: Parima Barghgir
Sophie Merry | Adamstown/Phoenix shoot
video: HDV1080i workflow
Camera into FCP via firewire successfully captured HDV1080i to the G|Raid mini via USB2 without sync or other hitches.
misc: rest stepping
As we start getting more serious about Elbrus, I’m reminded of Ed practicing rest-stepping up in the Himalayas, basically involving locking out the trailing leg with full weight on it as you pause for the next step. Gives you leg a little rest between steps and really useful on steep slopes at altitude.
See
photo: location location location
A-town
location test for upcoming urban shoot
photo: trust
mua: Paulina Kozior | model: .Anouska.
Technical stuff:
Bowens 500W head up high and to camera right. About 1/16th power through a medium softbox. Silver reflector under mua’s control below and to the left of model. SB600 on back wall at about 1/16th power. ISO 200, f/10 @ 1/160th.
pork steak, lemon, mustard & curry
Ingredients:
2 pork steaks (they might be called something different in your ‘hood)
about 1 oz butter
juice of a lemon
1 heaped tsp favourite mustard (I used Dijon)
2 heaped tsp favourite curry powder
Method:
Melt the butter in a flameproof casserole/baking dish whatever. Add the lemon juice and mustard. Add the pork fillets, roll them round a bit so they’re coated. Sprinkle a heaped teaspoon of curry powder over each. Cover with foil and bake in a medium oven until you think they’re cooked. Maybe 45 mins. Uncover for the last while and baste.
Probably a bit dry without a sauce, so I’m about to serve mine with quinoa and a yoghurt dressing involving a little chili sauce, garlic and a load of coriander. Also with roasted vegetables. You can make up your own version of that.
For dessert: almond cake with oranges and lemons
food: pork steak, lemon, mustard & curry
Ingredients:
2 pork steaks (they might be called something different in your ‘hood)
about 1 oz butter
juice of a lemon
1 heaped tsp favourite mustard (I used Dijon)
2 heaped tsp favourite curry powder
Method:
Melt the butter in a flameproof casserole/baking dish whatever. Add the lemon juice and mustard. Add the pork fillets, roll them round a bit so they’re coated. Sprinkle a heaped teaspoon of curry powder over each. Cover with foil and bake in a medium oven until you think they’re cooked. Maybe 45 mins. Uncover for the last while and baste.
Probably a bit dry without a sauce, so I’m about to serve mine with quinoa and a yoghurt dressing involving a little chili sauce, garlic and a load of coriander. Also with roasted vegetables. You can make up your own version of that.
For dessert: almond cake with oranges and lemons