Backstage photography – Part 1 – They never met…

Below you can see few pictures from our project Assumptions.  The story is much longer and you can see it on our website.  It’s a crime story inspired by film noir, but some viewers read it as a love story, so I guess it’s up to you.

Scene 1 - Damien gives Magda a fright

Scene 2 - Fight

What’s really interesting about these pictures is the way they’re taken. What I mean is Damien and Magda never met on the set. Due to busy schedules of both of them and Sylwia’s college deadline she had to shoot them on separate nights.  Have a look at the original pictures.

First night:

Damien reaching out... (note: the lights are off)

Damien arguing with Magda's look alike (that's me!)

Second night:

Magda got a fright (note: the lights are on)

Magda fighting with an invisible man

It was challenging but it wasn’t impossible. In situation like this it’s important to have your camera set on a tripod in the same spot and at the same angle in both photo-shoots. The camera display comes in very handy!  You need to make sure that light conditions are similar each time, which wasn’t the case in these photo-shoots and made the post production even trickier. The lights in the building were left on one night and off the other. Rest of the work is up to your Photoshop skills.