The trees provided some interesting dappled light that we used on as the highlight on the model's left, while a speedlight in a shoot-through umbrella provided some fill on the right. The trick to getting this to work is to make sure that she's standing in just the right place - a step forward or backward would take her out of the light & you'd lose the effect. A good trick is to watch your shadow - if you can see the outline of your head in the shadow then you're in the sunlight.
In this next shot, I kept the same lighting setup but pulled back a bit in order to shoot through the leaves of the trees & get a bit of the feel of the scenery involved.
Both images shot with the Canon 50mm f/1.4 on the Canon 30D. Exposure was 1/60sec @ f/7.1, ISO 200.
4 comments:
Wow, that looks really great!
Could you give some detail about the flash? Which one? At which ratio? How triggered? :)
Thx in advance and keep up your great works :)
Viktor
Thanks Viktor. I believe the flash was the Nikon SB-26, but I could be wrong. Triggering was via a PocketWizard. It was set to around 1/2 to full power (you lose a lot of light through the umbrella) and very close to the model.
The ratio wasn't precisely calculated, though I'd say it's a stop or two below the sun highlight & the ambient light in the background is a stop or so down from the flash. I just took one or two quick test shots to establish the right flash exposure & adjusted the shutter speed from there until I got the look I wanted.
Thanks for the infos :)
Gonna try the flash manually on my next shoots, so it's interesting with which settings other use them...
Cheers, Viktor
Striking images..thanks for sharing. Ed--
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