LA PHOTOGRAPHIE DE MODE MASTERCLASS PAR JOAO CARLOS
Beauty is in the Light
Biscarrosse Masterclass WS
Recently I was in the little town of Biscarrosse, France, where I was teaching my beauty is in the light masterclass. In this class, I discuss everything from shooting on location with Strobes, model direction, lighting, Styling and Makeup direction and conceptualizing. Further, we also had a beauty session and a portrait session I even took a series of portraits of my students.
The workshop took place at Hangar Pierre Georges Latécoère, the afternoon hands-on technical part of the masterclass counted with the technical support from MMF Pro who brought out all the goodies. Speaking of goodiesFujifilm France loaned us some of their premium products like the Fujifilm GFX-50s, X-H1 and XT-2 and X-Pro 2.
One of my favorite images, if not my favorite of the masterclass weekend is this image on Top.
- touching up the model's makeup during the beauty photoshoot and a quick browse through the photos on the back of the Fujifilm GFX 50s.
Who loaned us some of their premium products like the Fujifilm GFX-50s, X-H1, XT-2 and X-Pro 2. Plus, a beautiful collection of diverse glass pictured below.
You can read more about Fujifilm GFX-50s here, and about Fujifilm X-H1 here.
A group photo of the participants of the Beauty is in the Light Masterclass Workshop Biscarrosse France April 2018
The airplane hangar of the Biscarrosse Lake Airfield was my set on the first day of the workshop.
We had technical support from MMF Pro and used Westcott Rapidboxes and Eyelighters, as seen in the picture.
- The participants of the workshop had the opportunity to test premium gear from Fujifilm France. Here are the FujifilmGFX 50s, X-H1 and the light X-Pro 2 in the hands of the attendees.
Day two of the Workshop Masterclass
Started with the continuation of my talk, but a little more focused on portrait and beauty lighting in the studio and on location.
After that, we took our models on location outdoors. Where I focused on working with reflectors, multiple lights and diffusers like the omega reflector.
- Images from the second day of the workshop masterclass.Taken with natural light only.
Showing the direction of the light and starting my talk at the begining of the second day of the masterclass workshop.
You can get some pretty simple results at low cost with quick set up time.
The Omega Reflector is a cool multiple handy light shaping tool. That’s basically a donut reflector, that you can shoot through.
Usually, we think that we should hold reflector from below, but I prefer holding it from above thus imitating the sun, preventing cross shadows.
In this set I am using a mixed lighting. A GODexx strobe with a RapidBox to control the light over the models and another strobe without modulators giving some highlights on the left side.
A macro beauty shot with the Fujifilm GFX 50s.With the Fujifilm GFX 50s it is really possible to see the details of the skin.
- For these images, I used one Rapidbox and an Eyelighter to assure even lighting and soft shadows, letting the makeup shine.
For the afternoon we created three single light studio environments in the hangar. All of them quite practical and reliable in a small set environment.
Eventually, we had time to take advantage of the beautiful end of the day. Going for a quick flight on the hydro airplanes.
Lastly, the group came together then we had a wonderful dinner and socialized. Here are some great moments I took with my Fujifilm x100f.
The last picture from my masterclass weekend that I took was of my host and producer Hélen Cubino, right before taking my train back to Bordeaux. A big thanks to her, without her this whole workshop masterclass would have never happened.
Host and Producer:Hélen CubinoStyling:John Coureau johncoureaucreation.com @johncoureaucreationMakeup:Mathieumakeup @levrard.mathieuModels:Émilie Maestracci @emmaestracciTom @tom_btsdAngello @angellllllloNaomi @naomiriskwaitFrench Photography Organisation AFMIBig thanks to Fujifilm France for providing their cameras for the means of the workshop. And a huge thank you to Alein Quintin and Bernard Guibbal from MMF-Pro, all the lighting gear was supplied by them.
Gear list
-Traveling with my ThinkTank Naked Shape Shifter backpack. Fits easily in a small airplane's overhead bin which is great!
Fujifilm GFX 50S Medium Format CameraFujifilm X100F APS-C Digital CameraFujifilm GF 120mm f/4 Macro R LM OIS WR Medium Format Lens G-Mount GFXSMDV 360BRIHT flash headSMDV Standard Reflector BR-120SMDV SpeedBox-A80 octogonal softboxWestcott RapidBox Collapsible Beauty DishWestcott Eyelighter 2Westcott Omega Reflector 360Westcott Scrim JimTetherTools TetherPro USB Cable 3.0ThinkTank Naked Shape Shifter 17 V2 BackpackBlackRapid Cross ShotSandisk ExtremePro SD memory cardsMacBook Pro 13inches
-Traveling with my ThinkTank Naked Shape Shifter backpack. Fits easily in a small airplane's overhead bin which is great! Fujifilm GFX 50S Medium Format Camera Fujifilm X100F APS-C Digital Camera Fujifilm GF 120mm f/4 Macro R LM OIS WR Medium Format Lens G-Mount GFX SMDV 360BRIHT flash head SMDV Standard Reflector BR-120 SMDV SpeedBox-A80 octogonal softbox Westcott RapidBox Collapsible Beauty Dish Westcott Eyelighter 2 Westcott Omega Reflector 360 Westcott Scrim Jim TetherTools TetherPro USB Cable 3.0 ThinkTank Naked Shape Shifter 17 V2 Backpack BlackRapid Cross Shot Sandisk ExtremePro SD memory cards MacBook Pro 13inches
