Drop Outs and Cancellations

The second of my fashion tests planned for 2010 involved 2 models this time. We originally found a great looking model who was fairly local to my studio, but a week before the shoot she contacted us to say she had broken up with her boyfriend and as such couldn't make the shoot because she'd been crying too much! That was definitely a new excuse for me! We managed to find a replacement, but she then cancelled the day before the shoot! We weren't feeling overly optimistic of finding a replacement at such late notice, but we managed to find Claire Randle and Nicola Paul.

I was particularly excited for this shoot because Hasselblad UK had lent me one of their baby H3DII-31 cameras for the day so I could really get to grips with it. It was a long day, but we got some great images and had a lot of fun with our 2 replacement models! Check out the video below and make sure you leave a comment to let me know what you think.

More Hasselblad testing...

Spent a day in London doing some more tests with the Hasselblad H3D II. This time I got to use the 50MP Beasty...

Hasselblad

Was at the Canon Pro Photo Solutions show today at the Business Design Centre in London. Whilst there I had a good chat with my good friend Mark, who works as part of the Hasselblad marketing team. He encouraged me to have a play with their H3DII 31 Megapixel Medium Format Digital camera. I've always known that the image quality from medium format is far superior to the 35mm professional body I'm currently using, but I didn't realise by how much until today!

Firstly, there's the image size.... The images are big! Really big! I've posted an image below to show the detail you get. On the left is the full image, and on the right is a 100% crop (click to see it full size)



Then there's the tonal range. The images are so silky it's unbelievable! With really beautiful skin tones and ultra sharp definition.

There's way more info on their website so I won't bore you anymore, but to cut a long story short... I want one!

Dear Santa....... ;)