

When it comes to light, what is the most important thing for you in a shoot like this?įor me, I personally value being able to control the amount of light that comes through the image, whether changing the camera ISO settings or adjusting the light source itself by positioning and shaping it.

This was my favourite factor, as the batteries lasted throughout the whole shoot. I loved the fact that the Profoto equipment that I was using was completely wireless, because it allowed me to move the lights around without being constrained by leads.
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Figuring out how to set up the gear and using it was such an easy process, and it was helpful for me to get back into the swing of shooting with lights in a studio again. Shooting with the Profoto gear was a really exciting experience as I had ultimately missed being in a studio setting. It was great having a space to experiment and learn these key things - however, due to graduating and the pandemic, I lost touch with shooting in a studio environment.ĭescribe your experience shooting with Profoto gear in the studio. I had some prior knowledge of lighting and flash as I studied fashion photography at UAL, so I was able to get hands-on experience with their equipment and was taught on how to use light to provoke certain emotions. How was your knowledge of lighting and flash prior to this shoot? Schön! spoke with Atkins about Profoto and the shoot. She brought this alien vision into the studio, using only 2 Profoto flashes with a range of modifiers to create a series she calls “Ethereal Vision”. Atkins caught our attention through her surreal photography, creating images that are at once rooted in the current world but have their eyes on another.
