“This was a tricky shot. We were all packed in like sardines
and I was stuck in the cockpit sweating profusely. I took this
shot using a Bowens Ringflash unit with the dish attached.
Thank God for wide-angle lenses and the compact Bowens power pack.”
Shot with Bowens Studiolites,
one as a soft fill on a stand on
the right, pointing to her. One
on a boom arm over her head
– highlighting her hair and
shoulders. Another small
Studiolite on a boom as a fill
on the left. Smoke machine in
the background on the left and
the studiolite with grids,
throwing some light and
highlighting smoke to create a
sense of the distance.
See page 17 for more
information on Studiolites.
He calculates that shooting sessions account for
less than 10% of his overall time input as a fashion
photographer. “The business side of things takes
far more time”, he says. “You can shoot as much
as you want but if you don’t get out and door-
knock no one is going to know about you, much
less commission you.
In the main, networking and consistently
displaying your work are the keys to success.”
A friend who calls himself ‘The breeze’, says on
Gene Kiegel:
MySpace: “Kiegel is an artist with a camera”.
www.genekiegel.com
And Gene Kiegel will be happy enough with that. www.myspace.com/genekiegel
Gene will be teaching ‘short course’
photography at London’s St Martins College
Interview by: Trevor Lansdown.
of Art & design in the autumn.
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