The second model who I shot on my trip to Invercargill was Samantha. She was looking for an urban theme so in the afternoon I had wandered around the town and found some interesting alleyways and rear areas that look promising.

We started in an alleyway an old door with peeling paint that provides a great texture. As the shoot had begun at 5:00pm, in the middle of winter, we were on the last light of the day hence I was shooting on a wide open aperture and slow shutter speed.

The next location was a rear parking where I found a set of stairs. By now it was quite dark so I used a video light on camera and a speedlight positions behind Samantha to light the back of her head.

The final location was in an old warehouse that has been turned into a carpark. As in many cities the walls had attracted graffiti artists. I used the same video light as my main light but positioned a speedlight behind Samantha but aimed at the wall so that we would see some of the environment. Without that light it would have been a black space.

The whole shoot took around 90 minutes even though we were moving from location to location. My earlier visit to Skype out locations paid off as I did not waste time figuring out where we could shoot.

Samantha seem to be pleased with the final images.