How times have changed . Friday night running around the city two cameras over my shoulder a light stand and my new battery powered flash, 400 watts of power, guide number 52. As the girls in short skirts head to the clubs with guys stepping high after a few drinks My age must be showing a few years ago I would be one of those guys roaming club to club with a few drinks under my belt chasing those girls in short skirts.Here I am on a Friday with a Model in a Purple dress, a cape and Mask. "What are you advertising we are asked?" "Do you need a Porsche in your Shoot?" All this as we shot in the lane way near my work. Meanwhile the taxi drivers watch on bemused in our antics. My Model MissEmmaJane is a Fashion Student and a keen sewer from an early age. She is wanting to do more modelling so in true TFP fashion I was helping her and she was helping me. I wanted to give my flash a working out and at the same time test out some ideas. Early in the night I just could not get the image in my head into the camera. We were down by the river and the temporary fence just was not cutting it so we moved to Central Plaza Two and Eagle Lane. A tweak of a few settings and finally I got into the groove and started to get the shots I was looking for. We then moved to the Post Office.
MissEmmaJane leaning against some doors...a girl came up to post some mail and thought it was part of an elaborate prank until she turned around and saw me with a camera in hand. Surprisingly security came along and asked us in a nice way to move on. Which was odd really as some blokes with a ghetto blaster, cards. drinks and blankets looked like they were settling down to spend the night. We made our way to King George Square. I have not visited there since it has been redeveloped it was thick with people and some drunk youths with a Nova ball wanting us to kick it and take their photo. I could see I was not going to get the shot I wanted so took the obligatory photo and moved on. Amazing really what a flash of light does to our drunk friends they only wanted one photo...and the flash was on lowest power 1/9th. So onto Brisbane Square next to Treasury Casino. This was once again thronging with people however more civilised. Latin Dancing was taking place outside the Shingle Inn which attracted a crowd of participants as well as onlookers. We found a spot and set about experimenting. So I am reasonably happy, got some nice shots learnt more about my new flash and finished up with coffee at Coffee Club. I am very happy with my recent purchase it did not miss a beat it's power amazes me.
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