Empire FOX - Soundtrack CD Signing with the Stars

The FOX original series, Empire broadcast it's Season 1 finale on Friday.

The number 1 smash hit show rocketed some of it's younger stars to instant fame. None of them felt the rush like Jussie Smollett and Bryshere Gray (Jamal and Hakeem Lyon).

The two made their way to a celebrity meet-and-greet signing session at F.Y.E. in Coral Square Mall, Coral Springs FL. With hundreds of copies of the new soundtrack album to be signed, the line of fans went literally around the block!

I was there with Shireen Sandoval for WSVN Channel 7 Miami and Deco Drive to cover the event.

And if you're not familiar with Empire, check out Shireen Sandoval's "Top 3: Reasons why you should be watching EMPIRE".

Empire:
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Jussie Smollett:
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Bryshere Gray:
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WSVN:
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Facebook: Facebook.com/7 News

Deco Drive:
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IG: @DecoDrive
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Shireen Sandoval:
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IG: @ShireenSandoval
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Shireen Sandoval - "Ballerina Wannabe" - Images & Behind the Scenes

For this week's Shireen's Favorite Things blog shoot, Shireen Sandoval, myself and the SFT team headed to Barre Motion, located on 1560 LENOX AVE SUITE 103A, Miami Beach FL.

Barre's head instructor (Julie Jacko) along with fellow instructor (Kareen Camargo) proceeded to stretch and strain Shireen into various ballerina'esqe poses to demonstrate their intense workout routines. All of this as I happily snapped away. :-)

 

"My first ballet recital was nothing short of a disaster; but at the same time, it was a small miracle of sorts. The disaster: when the curtain went up at the start of the show, I froze in first position. I was a total deer in the headlights as my fellow dancers (in pretty pink tutus and tight hair buns) pirouetted and plié'd around me."

 

Read the full blog “Ballerina Wannabe” at www.ShireenSandoval.com, or www.WSVN.com.

 



 

For this shoot I used the Profoto B1, with a 60" soft silver umbrella. The challenge was (again) the mirrors in the dance studio. They allowed me to shoot only a very small number of angles on the models/dancers and restricted my placement of the light a great deal.

I think things worked out ok though ;)

 

(Seriously shitty lighting diagram alert!)...



 

Equipment:

• Nikon D3


• Nikon 24-70mm f2.8


• Manfrotto light stand


• 60" Soft Silver umbrella


• Profoto B1


• Profoto Air TTL-N Remote

 

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Shireen Sandoval Blog - Bagghy - Behind the Scenes

"I fell in love in Paris, was awe-inspired to write in Rome, found the true meaning of history in London, was mystified by the magic of Moscow and bewitched by the beauty of Brazil..."

Read the full blog "A Window to the World" at www.ShireenSandoval.com, or www.WSVN.com.

 

 

 

Behind the scenes on location in Surfside, FL.









 

Gear used in the shoot:

• Nikon D3


• Nikon 70-200mm f2.8 lens


• The Sun!

Where you would usually see me with a studio light of some sort (my personal favourite, the amazing Profoto B1), I decided to let the beautiful Miami 'winter' sun do all of the work for me. At this time of day (around 5pm), the light is beautiful.