Emma (Tallulah) has loved this location ever since she went horse riding here when she was younger.  We came up with the idea of using my old viola to create a sense of someone almost haunting the site... or coming back in the future to recreate its magic. I've been experimenting with balancing flash and ambient light too, and the result is almost as if the musician is weaving magic with her instrument.  Hence "conjuring the storm"...

Lighting this was an interesting challenge - many thanks to Emma's friend V who provided invaluable help :)  For those who are interested, I originally used 2 SB800 flashes and a 600... the SB800s firing into a softbox and an umbrella, and the 600 with a red gel firing up into the dome of the building. But it was too windy for the brolly, and with the softbox, the flash wasn't really powerful enough to let me dial down the ambient exposure as much as I wanted.

I couldn't get the softbox very close to her because I was using a wide-angle lens).  So in the end, the shot under the dome uses the softbox (and yes I did have to photoshop it out!); the external ones use two bare SB800s, one to the left held by an assistant, and one to the right on a stand.  I'm increasingly interested in exploring this kind of image; I hope you enjoy the result!

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