Soho Noir (Mia Sollis Behind Glass), London Soho

Lots of work keeping me away from Flickr as the year comes to a close. Hopefully the Christmas break will provide an opportunity to catch up.

Nonetheless, I thought I'd take a moment to share a quick shot from a recent shoot with Mia Sollis around the northern edge of Soho.

There's a black and white version in my mood board for the Soho Noir series.

I'd pre-scouted a few interesting looking locations at lunchtime, which was essential for a quick evening shoot. This is a smokers' shelter at the back of a hotel. Scratched and stained, the perspex pane was picking up the background light from office strip lights through dirty windows, creating a suitably neo noir tone set for my Soho Noir project.

As we shot this one, hotel security shouted at me from behind. In all fairness they were pretty decent about it and let me take a few frames after we'd been asked to leave.

Part of me wishes I'd pushed the tones much harder, especially in a set of many gelled shots with some dramatic colour, but I wanted to keep it in tune with how it looked saturation-wise on location if only as a visual reference for me as I work on more wider environmental portraits. The major change in post is pulling up the yellow the light against the blue shadow. That's how it felt, but in the actual shot the window and shadow were much more consistent, with the windows much colder.

Hope everyone is having a fantastic weekend!

Taken in: United Kingdom / England / London / Soho (show map)

Taken on: December 9, 2015

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Sets appears in: • Model Shoots • Nocturnes more » • Europe, City • Soho Noir • Backlight • Canon EF 35mm f/1.4L II USM « less

Groups appears in: • Canon EOS 5D Series

Camera: Canon EOS 5D Mark III, f/1.4, 1/15 sec, 35mm, ISO 1600 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Canon EOS 5D Mark III
Lens:	EF35mm f/1.4L II USM
Aperture:	f/1.4
Exposure Time:	0.067 sec (1/15)
Focal Length:	35mm
ISO:	1600
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	No Flash
Exposure Program:	Manual
Exposure Mode:	Manual
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Color Space:	Uncalibrated
Software:	Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 4.4 (Windows)
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