De Havilland Tiger Moth

So what do you do when you have some free time on your hands and an awesome but slightly big photo shoot idea in your head? Well you make it happen that's what! And that is exactly what Dianne Jordan and I did. We managed to organise a De Havilland Tiger Moth biplane from Port Alfred. Three willing models later and we had ourselves a fantastic 50's style Tiger Moth photo shoot - although it did rain so most of the shoot had to be done in the hanger.

It was still a great shoot and really pushed my lighting skills to the max as the sun had already gone done and all we had was two canon off camera flashes, some umbrellas and five small LED lights (which trust me when it comes to camera's they don't really add much light).

But I think that Dianne and I made it work with what we had and these are the results:

 

 

       

Grahamstown

Grahamstown is a little old town in the middle of 'almost nowhere' but it is also a very special place that exists in a universe unto itself - especially when it comes to things like the weather. Have you ever heard of the play a Man for All Seasons by Robert Bolt about the life of Sir Thomas More? Well Grahamstown is the home of 'Students of All Seasons' and I do mean this in a very literal way. You see in Bolt's play Sir Thomas More clashes with King Henry VIII while in Grahamstown we clash with the almighty weather. 

Please believe that I am not kidding when I say that it is very possible to in one day in Grahamstown experience at least three out of the four seasons. If you are really lucky you can even manage to get all four! But if you brave the weather, the early morning cold and darkness then you might find yourself stumbling above amazing lighting situations like this. 

A street lamp still shines brightly as the sun begins to light up the morning sky, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, 28 April 2010.
 © Tarryn Liddell