Behind the Scenes Fun.

Yesterday we were shooting some athletic commercial stills for a new energy drink. As with most shoots there are times of intense madness followed by calm waiting. For this posting I thought I’d share a few behind-the-scene images from yesterday. All of these photos were shot with a Leica M and a 50mm Summicron lens.

The first photo is of a couple of the models getting ready while some creeper (me) takes photos.

Caitlin and Gabrielle were limbering up before the shoot and decided to ham it up.

Ken Rieves Commercial Photography

In the back of the studio I had the overhead door open since it was a pretty day outside. I noticed the afternoon light was pretty amazing as it was reflected off the concrete and epoxy floor. While the light was right and we were waiting, we shot some impromptu photos.

Ken Rieves Commercial Photography

Later in the afternoon, during a lull in shooting, I asked Gabrielle to sit in the driver seat of my car in the parking lot and used a small piece of white foam core as a reflector and shot a few frames into the sun.

Ken Rieves Commercial Photography

In fact, when you blow up Gabrielle’s sunglasses you can see my reflection in the bottom left corner.

Thanks for reading!

-Ken.