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© Photo by Chris Reeve - www.reevebanks.co.uk
model: Morgana - www.threnodyinvelvet.com
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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 UK
and European advertising and design agencies.
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 become known for his people and lifestyle
images. His latest commissions have been for
Coca Cola and has also submitted work for the up
and coming Essex based fashion designer, Hannah
Marshall in American Elle magazine.
“After using different ringflashes from various
lighting manufacturers over the years, it had
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 Bowens approached me regarding
testing their new high-end Ringflash Pro.
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 rectified from the previous model.
Imagine my excitement when this small,
lightweight, rugged looking unit turned up.
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 straight
away were the fact that it was smaller, lighter,
and now included a soft grip handle for portable,
hand-held use. It now also only has one power
cable rather than two like the old model, and
(high on my wish list) Bowens had now included
user-replaceable modelling lamps and a fully
circular, also user-replaceable flash tube.
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 and
found that the
two together
offered me
huge amounts
of power and
versatility; both
in and out of
the studio.
The greatest
improvement
to me however was how easy it handles and the
extra creativity and freedom of movement that it
offered me. Definitely a job well done to
Bowens”.
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© Photo by Chris Reeve - www.reevebanks.co.uk
model: Morgana - www.threnodyinvelvet.com
www.bowens.co.uk
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