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Home / Blog / Great Behind The Scenes of the Campari Calendar 2014: with Uma Thurman by Koto Bolofo

Great Behind The Scenes of the Campari Calendar 2014: with Uma Thurman by Koto Bolofo

Posted on: 02-13-2014 Posted in: Photography


Uma Thurman stars as the 2014 Campari Calendar Worldwide Celebration talent. See the 2014 Campari Calendar behind the scenes photos, lighting setups and learn with the photographer Koto Bolofo.

Koto Bolofo was born in South Africa in 1959 and raised in Great Britain. Bolofo has photographed and made short films for magazines such as Vogue, Vanity Fair and GQ. He has created advertising campaigns for companies including Hermès, Louis Vuitton and Dom Pérignon. Bolofo lives in the Vendée, France and his books with Steidl include Venus, I Spy with my Little Eye, Something beginning with S, Vroom!, La Maison and Grande Complications. ( via facebook )

 “The idea was that if you wore the garments, you wore a dream, or you were wearing my photographs. What I do in photography lays flat on a piece of paper. The photograph has come alive.” explains Koto on his Facebook

THE COVER:

995888_10151732534756440_907521754_nCover of 2014 Calendar |  © Campari & Koto Bolofo

The composition and color palette:

triangleFraming the subject with the columns and door. A mix of warm–cool colors

 

The lighing setup: 4 lights, one main light, one fill light (both on the left) and two behind colums with a CTO.

campari 2014_0010_Capa 12Two back light behind columns with a CTO gel.

campari 2014_0011_Capa 11The fill light on the left

971558_10151543005441440_2938661_nThe key light over the umbrella.

 

JANUARY

1391778_10151732536061440_74809884_n© Campari & Koto Bolofo

 

The lighting setup: 3 lights again.

campari 2014_0008_Capa 2Key Light on the right and maybe a side light on the left

campari 2014_0009_Capa 1A fill light outside with a “bed sheet”

 

MARCH

1455181_10151732537591440_904617796_n© Campari & Koto Bolofo

The composition:

MARCHLINESKoto plays with shadows and lines to create dimension

 

The lighting setup: 4 lighting setup. One key light, one side light and 2 back lights with CTO

campari 2014_0007_Capa 3Two back lights with CTO gel

971565_10151543005661440_1282927756_nBehind the scenes images by Francesco Pizzo (via Facebook )

 

MAY:

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© Campari & Koto Bolofo

 

Composition:

MAYBTSThe lighting setup: 3 lights, one umbrella and other light over the umbrela (maybe a Parabolic Broncolor).  One strip softbox (back light) with CTO

campari 2014_0005_Capa 5To capture the ambience of the string-bulbs, the image suggests slow shutter speed was used

 campari 2014_0006_Capa 4

 

JULY

1452128_10151732541796440_1803502351_n© Campari & Koto Bolofo

 

The lighting setup: The same 3 lighting setup with a flag

campari 2014_0004_Capa 6

 

NOVEMBER:

1441341_10151732546791440_969088571_n© Campari & Koto Bolofo

 

The lighting setup: Simple three light setup (Assuming that there is a strobe on the back window)

campari 2014_0002_Capa 8Big Octabox on camera right and small stripbox below camera left with possible fill-in light from back window

 

DECEMBER:

1451353_10151732547671440_1506096255_n© Campari & Koto Bolofo

The lighting setup: Based on shadows and BGR elements,  5- 6 strobe lights were used.

campari 2014_0002_Capa 8Our Wild Guess: For the final shot, the flowers were added in with photoshop

campari 2014_0000_Capa 10

We could tell that Koto usually uses a Parabolic as key light, an umbrella as  fill light and a strip sofbox as back light.

Images and video via Campari, Koto Bolofo and Francesco Pizzo

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