Latest photos from Claude Schneider
No more than a few hours after finishing off the photoshoot with Lauren, I had another photoshoot with a new muse. This turned out to be my longest photoshoot to date (5 hours, 1,000 photos) – I think the pictures below will explain why…
This is one of my favourite portraits that I’ve taken so far
I’d just received a free sample pack from Lee Filters (simply email them and ask for one) – there are 300 different coloured filters, and they’re perfectly-sized to fit over a flash. I tried a few lighting set-ups, either adding a bit of green/blue light as a secondary light, or using blue to light just the background, leaving the model in silhouette. Some almost NSFW photos from the shoot are in the next post…
I left a party at 5am, to find that it was VERY misty and cold outside. Unlike any sane person who would have headed straight to bed, I was feeling inspired about my photography thanks to a new friend, so I went down to the King’s backs to try to get some atmospheric photos. These were taken with my new Canon 50D – the better ones had the camera resting on a bean-bag, but some were hand-held at 6400 or 12800 ISO (very handy, if rather noisy).
I lasted about 20 minutes until I could no longer feel my fingers, and, content with my haul, crawled into bed at 5:30am.
King’s Back Gate
The Backs at night, in the mist
The Cambridge Contemporary Dance company put on their first full evening performance over two nights at the Mumford Theatre.
More photos of the performance can be viewed at CantabPhotos.com
After backstage photos of yesterday’s dress rehearsal, here are photos of the ADC/Footlights pantomime, “Theseus and the Minotaur”.
King Minos
Trapped in the Minotaur’s labyrinth
More photos of the pantomime are available on CantabPhotos.com
I was asked to get some photographs of the annual Footlights pantomime at the ADC Theatre, for the University’s 800 Campaign. This year’s pantomime was “Theseus and the Minotaur” – I covered two rehearsals, getting some backstage photos as well as shots of the pantomime itself.
Technical Directors
Stage Manager
Costume & Make-Up in the dressing room
Taking a breather
More photos of the pantomime are available on CantabPhotos.com
The Cripps Building at sunset
Reflection of trees at sunset, over the River Cam
Having photographed the last few years’ CUCDW dance shows in Cambridge, I was asked again this year to create the publicity for the forthcoming show. The show’s producer, herself a dancer, had ideas for the dance imagery to be used in the poster. We worked together to get enough photos of herself in a graceful poise, as well as photos of a flowing scarf, which together would be combined in the final poster.
The poster/flyer design turned out to be one of the most intricate that I’ve ever done, with fine details in the main title typography, smoke effects, floral flourishes, and background textures.
Two of the source photos which would be combined in Photoshop
The final poster design
The back of the flyer
The Natural History Museum houses a collection of beautiful minerals, gems and rocks. The sheer variety of colours and patterns made this a perfect subject for another of my Colour & Form montages.
