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Something old, something new

dudler

Time for an update: I still use film, though. Not vast quantities, but I have a darkroom, and I'm not afraid to use it.

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Something old, something new

10 Aug 2020 1:51AM   Views : 398 Unique : 269


It’s a minimal blog day – at short notice, a chance to photograph a burlesque troupe in a gentlemen’s club…

So I’m off for a two hour drive there, four hours of shooting, and two hours back. Three models, who I’ve photographed before – look in my portfolio for ‘Triple Threat’ to see them in performance.

The old is my Elinchrom flash kit: tried and tested. (I wouldn’t describe Triple Threat as old, unless you take the sum of their ages…)

Something new? I’ve never been inside a gentlemen’s club before (and I probably never will pass the portals during opening hours – way beyond my pay grade). It’ll be interesting to see if the glitz is Bond movie like, or makes me appreciate my MFI bookcases.

So I’m off to do something new today – with luck, a Mobile Monday upload from the club.

Today’s challenge for you is, therefore, to do something new. Though maybe closer to home…

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