{"id":35994,"date":"2017-01-10T07:13:11","date_gmt":"2017-01-10T06:13:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thomasvoland.com\/blog\/?p=35994"},"modified":"2023-05-31T06:31:04","modified_gmt":"2023-05-31T04:31:04","slug":"aurora-firefly-duet-s-photo-shoot-with-speedlishts-yongnuo-yn560-iv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/en.thomasvoland.com\/blog\/aurora-firefly-duet-s-photo-shoot-with-speedlishts-yongnuo-yn560-iv\/","title":{"rendered":"Aurora FireFly Duet S – photo shoot with speedlishts (YongNuo YN560 IV)"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’ve been using my beloved, super cheap YongNuo YN-560IV<\/a> lamps lately. It may not be anything unusual, as I use them all the time, but this time they weren’t a supplement to studio lamps, but the only source of light. I’ve been doing this for the past few months on other shoots as well, so it’s time to dedicate a whole post to these lamps because what they offer is completely inadequate for their price. I decided that I will describe the lamps in more detail next time and today I will only mention them. During this shoot and others I did while in Europe, I used the Aurora FireFly Duet S 75 cm\/30 in octa, dedicated to working with speedlights. And that’s what I’ll focus on today.<\/p>\n

From the outside, the Aurora FireFly looks like any other octa:\"DSC_4700\"<\/a><\/p>\n

However, this version is designed for use with speedlights, and with two at once, which was crucial for this shoot. One lamp would have been too weak. If I had taken an octa with a Bowens mount, two reportage lamps of this class would not fit there (update: now in some mounts it is possible), so you have to be creative with mounting lamps in ventilation holes, which is neither convenient nor fast.<\/p>\n

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Also, as you can see, this modifier is quickly foldable, but I’ll get back to that later.<\/p>\n

The beginning of the shoot<\/h2>\n

We had been planning this shoot with Karolina Zientek<\/a> for a long time. It used to be easier \u2013 there was a vision for the photos and a few days later we were on the set. Now Karolina is busy almost every day from morning to night, and I visit Europe only once a year. In addition, the model’s “hat” was also made from scratch by Karolina, so it took time to make it.<\/p>\n

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We had one blue dress and one red dress, but the red one suited much better.<\/p>\n

The model for this shoot was Agnieszka Mrozik<\/a> from Charme de la Mode. I met her in Bangkok \u2013 it was her first trip to Asia. Aga spends a lot of time on the catwalks in Milan, where she flew back to shortly after our shoot. So we were very lucky to be in Poland at the same time.<\/p>\n

The make-up was done by Karolina in her apartment, from where we went to the shoot location. It was the ruins of a cement plant in Grodziec (B\u0119dzin\/Poland).<\/p>\n