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So we are going to attempt a natural

light shoot through here.

The reason I was drawn down to this

hillside in the first place is because I

was trying to get my couple up in

the bright spot, right?

So the couple are up on the bright

spot, uh we can silhouette them, but what

other layers can we put in?

And I saw this this silver willow bush

here and I thought it would be really

neat to to sort of isolate the couple

in the sky but then frame them through

the leaves of this willow bush.

So we're gonna give it a shot.

So I'm down here in the bushes and

I'm trying to find a little window of

space where I could frame my couple.

So they're up on the sky, I'm going

to silhouette them, they're going to be fairly

small in the frame, and I'm going to

try a variety of different f-stops.

Because I've got the sky as a blank

canvas in the background, I feel like I

could go I can go fairly high f

-stop and have sharp leaves framing them or

I can go wide open and blur out

all the leaves and I'm going to try

both.

Attempt to shoot right through this opening right

there.

It's just a tiny little opening but Saatchi

and Florian are really nicely framed through it.

And that's one of the reasons I'm choosing

to shoot through here is I'm framing my

subjects with what I'm shooting through.

And I'm not going to be able to

have them move so much in this frame

because there's there's such a small opening that

I'm framing them through.

They have to be in a very precise

location which means it's it's going to be

more about the artistry of the camera technique

as opposed to our couple in this case.

It's not going to be really, it's just

an artsy fartsy shot.

Okay so I'm going to get you guys,

can you show them how to do the

penguin pose Lani?

Yeah, penguin pose.

Yeah that's perfect.

Just like that.

And you guys are just going to stay

like that for me.

So I've got my 85 on here.

Okay I've got it at 1.4 right

now.

The foreground is so blurred out it's almost

not adding anything to the frame.

So I'm going to bump up my f

-stop.

I'm going to try around f5.6 and

I'm going to try a bunch of different

f-stops here.

And now I'm going to go up to

f9.

Oh I like that.

I'm actually really enjoying the higher f-stops

more.

And I'm just, you know, with a couple

I'm just framing from the waist upwards because

because they're not moving there's not really any

point including their legs in this silhouette because

their legs are close together.

They're big and blobular.

The place where the nice sleek silhouette is

their profiles and their torsos.

So that's what I'm framing on.

Okay.

Perfect guys looking at each other.

And then I'm going to try one at

f16.

Perfect.

And I really like this with the 85.

But just for curiosity I'm going to try

it with the 50 as well.

Oh I like the 50 too.

And focusing can be tricky.

Especially when you're focusing through these tiny little

peepholes right.

So one of the great things is that

when you're at higher f-stops like right

now I'm at f16.

What I can do is I can just

grab my focus here where I can get

a clean line to the couple.

And then I can move into position frame

them exactly where I want to and then

shoot.

Okay looking at each other guys nice and

close in.

Perfect.

One thing that can make this silhouette a

little bit more interesting because it's fairly it

is a fairly boring silhouette given that they're

just sort of standing penguin pose is but

I just noticed that Sachi's scarf was blowing

in the wind.

So I'm going to get Lanny to go

up there and sort of coax the scarf

into the wind and hopefully that'll give the

picture a little bit of movement and something

a little bit more a little bit less

predictable.

You ready to be a scarf coaxer Lanny?

Okay so looking at each other and a

little bit of separation in the torso.

Actually maybe just hold hands.

Yeah but closer together.

Yeah and hands down low.

Yeah there we go.

Yeah just like that.

Yeah that's good.

Give me a countdown.

I'm gonna turn this on to high speed

so I can really up my chances of

getting this scarf.

Three two one.

Yes that's just sort of giving that little

bit of magic that you kind of gotta

be open to happening.

Perfect.

Oh yeah that looks beautiful.

Veils are really good for this as well.

Just coax it out a little bit more

Lann.

Okay.

Or Florian can you take your jacket off

for one?

I'm gonna take his jacket off um because

I've realized the the collar on his jacket

was blocking the silhouette of his profile right

like his chin and uh even though they're

really small in the frame those little tiny

changes that little bit of negative space under

the chin as opposed to just a collar

makes a really big difference in the final

uh impact of the silhouette.

Oh yeah that is way better.

Why didn't I do that at the beginning?

Okay looking at each other.

Perfect.

Oh now the now the leaves are falling

so I'm shooting 20 frames per second here

just to up my chances of lining them

up in this little window.

Okay perfect.

Okay we're good.

So that is a natural light shoot through.

Uh no flashes involved and of course we're

combining tools here so I've also combined it

with a silhouette.

You have to really have a good reason

to be shooting through something.

There's there's many times landing I find ourselves

shooting three through things without a good reason

and I gave you guys five really good

reasons to shoot things.

We talked about that in the studio and

the reason I shot through here is I

really want to simplify the frame down to

three elements.

Okay the couple, the sky, and the leaves.

And this was really the only place where

I could put myself and my camera to

simplify the frame down to those three elements.

These leaves also served the purpose of framing

our couple which is really important right?

It gives them uh it gives the eye

the viewer's eye a focal point to look

at.

So really really framed the couple nicely and

it's a little trippy right?

It's it's a gimmicky technique for sure.

You can't really see what the couple look

like but it's a nice piece of art

for them to have.

It's we wouldn't want to do an entire

shoot of these types of shots but it's

a nice thing to add in for variety

once in a while.