This morning, we had a senior portrait shoot with Katie S. in Oakland. It was a beautiful morning for being outside, but wow was that sun ever sharp! Fortunately, with some diffuser/reflector assistance from my great assistant/wife, and the genius of Nikon’s Creative Lighting System wireless control (favorite mode: Manual flash power controlled from the camera), this beautiful girl made some awesome photographs.
I’ve finished my picks from the day, finished adjusting those, and now we’re on to retouch and final post-processing. Here are two more from the day’s take:
And, of course, the requisite action shots that Jenny likes to take of me. From these, you can get an idea of our lighting setup (sun as hair/rim light and ambient, and flash through an umbrella as fill/catch). I used the light meter to help get an idea for initial exposure values, and then ran from there. With the ability to adjust the flash settings right from the camera, I could easily tweak the fill light for each pose, then shoot in as many different angles as I wanted while the flash remained consistent. Hooray for awesomeness. I will someday get a set of radio triggers for when I need to shoot in a way that the Creative Lighting System doesn’t handle well (lots of direct sun at the wrong angle can defeat its ability to trigger the flash(es), the master flash needs to “see” the slaves, etc.). For this type of shooting, though, CLS FTW!
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great shots
Thanks! It was a fun day to shoot.
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