OK, I have a shoot coming up for a client in a little under a month and a photo I want to do goes like this:
The client will be outside with one of their paintings infront of them that includes fire. They'll be holding a paintbrush to the painting that will be lit on fire and the flames will trail up a portion of the painting and have it lit as well.
IIRC, my two ND's are 9 stop and 3 stop. I have an 800w/s dynalite pack and I'll probably be using a 22" Beauty dish. The only thing I'm concerned about is that the flames won't be bright enough to show up.
I was planning on trying rubber cement for the flames on the brush and painting. I have probably 3 weekends to prepare for this, so this weekend I'm having a friend stand in with a piece of cardboard and a paint brush and I'm going to be doing some dry runs to get the photo how I want it so I can show up and shoot it.
Am I on the right track here, or will I have issues with the fire not being bright enough? Any suggestions?
Previous photos I did for a portfolio shot. These were done at night though and shot with speedlights.
P.S. It is extremely hard to light a guitar on fire with lighter fluid.
