Using What You Have

The paper produces a bi-monthly lifestyle tab with a column with local bands. We are mandated to shoot them all in the same small studio, as it is a working space the conditions are cluttered, so the options are a bit limited.

Being a fly-by-the-seat of my pants kind of girl I enjoy the challenge of making something with what the location provides. Last night it was the disco ball laying on the floor.

I wanted to do something strongly back lit. The disco ball became great fill.
1. The first shot was the first shot with one light.
2. Adding the disco ball with the same exposure.
3. Adding a second person, same exposure. The band has four people, and I was pretty sure I would have to add a light, but I didn't want to light it from the front, and I wanted to play with the reflective squares from the ball.
4. I knew we were going to get something out of this when the first thing they said when they walked in the room was, "Can we use the disco ball?" This confirmed that I needed to add a second light.
5. Lost some of the punch of the reflections, but I really like how the prisms of light from shooting into the second light add to the reflections from the ball.