• furinkan
• photography
• 20150408_Kongou

Tea!

Where?

Beach, docks, nice cafe. The Tea Cosy looks okay.

Ideas and shots

Can we tell a story? Suggestion from a friend, a mini sequence of respite, duty, longing. Eg. Relaxing, receiving the call to duty, departing.

Being Kongou, we *need* some tea, ideally in a sort of old-fashioned setting. But maybe a somewhat formal English setting will do as well.

We only have so much time, I think we'll do best sticking to some nice tea, and a bit of water settings.

References

• Canon art 1: http://danbooru.donmai.us/posts/1506256?tags=kongou_%28kantai_collection%29+rating%3As+-comic+official_art

• Canon art 2: http://danbooru.donmai.us/posts/1557805?tags=kongou_%28kantai_collection%29+rating%3As+-comic+official_art

• Tea and biscuit: http://danbooru.donmai.us/posts/1931923?tags=kongou_%28kantai_collection%29+rating%3As+-comic

• A Kongou-ish pose: http://danbooru.donmai.us/posts/1942112?tags=kongou_%28kantai_collection%29+rating%3As+-comic

• Drinking tea, we should be able to do this somewhere: http://danbooru.donmai.us/posts/1954961?tags=kongou_%28kantai_collection%29+rating%3As+-comic

• http://danbooru.donmai.us/posts/1951631?tags=kongou_%28kantai_collection%29+rating%3As+-comic

• http://danbooru.donmai.us/posts/1935974?tags=kongou_%28kantai_collection%29+rating%3As+-comic

• Nice couch and table: http://danbooru.donmai.us/posts/1878001?tags=kongou_%28kantai_collection%29+rating%3As+-comic+official_art

Planning

This could be remarkably troublesome; finding a nice setting with tea and food is kinda tough. The Tea Cosy looks a little *too* cosy, but I'll check it out. It seems promising.

Honestly we could almost fake it up, we just need the end of a table and some nice chairs, throw a doily over it and drop some teacups and accoutrements - ghetto mini set.

We think that a very light mint green would complement Kongou's palette, which is basically red/brown/yellow on white.

Adrian's (Chris') elegant chair might also be useful, but in a studio setup.

Tide times

In case we're going to shoot anywhere on the water:

• High tide: 10:40
• Low tide: 16:30

For bays, the ideal time is *probably* just after high tide, when any crap in the water (seaweed etc) will be washed out to sea again.

• http://www.bom.gov.au/australia/tides/#!/nsw-botany-bay

• http://www.tides4fishing.com/au/new-south-wales/sydney

• http://tides.willyweather.com.au/nsw/sydney/botany-bay.html

Packing list

Shooting

• Camera - D800
• Spare battery in grip
• Lenses
  • 50mm
  • 105mm
• Strap
• SB700
• AA batteries
• AAA batteries
• Format memory cards
• Einstein
• Lightstand
• Coloured gels
• Octabox
• Beauty dish
• Mid-size umbrella
• Parabolic brolly

Props

• Teacup and saucer
• Table doily?
• Nice chair?