...and so ends the Dark Trilogy Sessions with my mouse (inside joke), Anahy. For me, this picture represents the apex of our collaborative experience. The expressiveness and beauty of Anahy, the excellence of Ramona Potts' make-up, and my photographic education in lighting and posing.
This picture was a simple set-up as far as lighting:
1 - strobe full power with medium honeycomb grid attached to a Manfrotto boom held by Anahy's beau, John (Thanks for the help!!!)
2 - strobes on 1/8 power 45 degrees on camera right and left pointed at the lower part of her dress.
Processing was very minimal, I turn off in-camera sharpening on my Nikon D700 and shoot in Standard Scene Capture. I use Capture NX2 to perform traditional photog type stuff, like dodging, burning, etc... so I only needed to subtly Sharpen this picture to show the detail in her dress.
Photo info:
Aperture: f16*
Shutter: 1/125
Focal: 38mm
ISO: 200
* Wanted to shoot at f/16 to keep her entire body in sharp focus
A special thanks to the other off camera crew:
Hair: Lacey of Norma Jean's Atomic Kitten Salon. in Downtown Bakersfield.
Second Set of Eyes and Blow Dryer Handler: Teresa a.k.a. HyeStyleShots
Props: Barbara a.k.a. redhatgal.
Support: My girlfriend and friends on FLICKR who keep me motivated and constantly questioning the rules of photography.
What did I learn:
Purchase a portable air conditioner for my garage, it got pretty warm even though I use strobes
Purchase a heavy duty light stand for my boom, poor John got a nice work out holding it aloft
When someone asks what can they bring, tell them everything -lol
That's a Wrap!!!
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