Lighting setup for Health Club with mirrored walls everywhere

Can anyone suggest lighting tips for the interior of a health club which has almost every wall mirrored top

to bottom. I mean besides the obvious pre-shoot walkthru searching for angles with the least amount of

flash showing in the mirrors. There is fluorescent lighting but not enough for quicker shutter speed, as

there will be models doing the workout thing and it will be in the evening.

Thanks

Did you consider bounce? Maybe a high-set strobe/umbrella combo? I'd think the higher you can place your light source the less likely it'll be that you'll see it in the mirrors. Just a guess though. The last one I did was a nightmare.

Have you considered covering up some of those mirrored walls --at least those in the background-- with seamless paper?

Think about lighting the areas that are reflecting in the mirrors, not just the area you are

shooting the models in.

Thanks very much for your tips guys n gals, I shall play with your suggestions and let you

know how it turned out.

Cheers

Paul

Bouncing in the mirrored walls behind you might be useful. Close framing. And deliberately ignoring flash back to take it out in post. And keeping the "angle of reflection = angle of incidence" rule in mind.

I would try this: taking an ambience light test shot, then identify the blind areas, then hide some strobes behind them, and bounce so I get nice effects to the subjects.