3.5 | © Photo by Chris Reeve - www.reevebanks.co.uk |
| model: Morgana - www.threnodyinvelvet.com |
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Chris Reeve
www.reevebanks.co.uk
Chris Reeve is one half of the highly successful and award winning duo at ReeveBanks Photography. Based in the idyllic Essex countryside, Chris and business partner Clare Banks have, for many years now been taking photographs for numerous U K and E uropean advertising a nd design ag encies. Many of their images can be found on advertising hoardings and in various glossy magazines up and down the country.
Chris was originally an architectural photographer, although over the last decade has ventured into and be come k nown f or h is people and lifestyle images. H is la test c ommissions ha ve be en for Coca Cola and has also submitted work for the up and coming Essex based fashion designer, Hannah Marshall in American Elle magazine.
“After us ing di fferent ringflashes from various lighting manufacturers over the y ears, i t ha d become apparent to me that all of them were, in some way or another compromised by either their handling or their functionality. I was quite excited then when B owens approached me reg arding testing their new
Before I took delivery of it, I had an idea and a list of what I’d personally like and things that I believed needed to be re ctified from the previous mo del. Imagine m y excitement w hen this small, lightweight, rugged looking unit turned up.
www.bowens.co.uk
Before I got too excited I wanted to investigate further to see if this new unit really was as good as it first appeared.
The initial improvements I could see str aight away were the fact that it was smaller, lighter, and now included a soft grip handle for portable,
On the shoots that I’d arranged to try this light out on, I can honestly say that I was amazed at the quality of light from it. I’d definitely say that ‘professional’ would be the right word to use. I used it together with the Explorer1500 battery generator a nd
found that the two together
offered me huge amo unts of p ower and versatility; both in a nd out of the studio.
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