Rain Dance

I'm back!  Much business with portraits, weddings, teaching and processing but I'm finding time for a post. 

This shot was a tester for our imminent launch of a new line in wedding photography called Bohemian Bride, designed for the more fun-loving types out there with the more unusual ideas about what makes a good wedding.

Techincal details:  One brollied speedlite camera left, triggered ETTL via an ST-E2 device, spot metered on the model's face in Av mode;  camera stopped down to f11, which is minus a stop on where it tells me to be, in order to render the background darker and expose the sky nicely.

Avram Grant Lookalike Crazy Lenny

Again I used the ST-E2, this time employing two flashguns for the stereo lighting effect.  They were placed pretty much equidistant either side of my subject, side-on.  The ETTL made light work of the exposure, leaving me to decide how much lighting ratio to give to either side of the face, which, as you can see, ended up being 50/50.  Setting the ratio is ridiculously easy, involving a simple press of a button one way or the other depending where you want the most light.

I used no diffusion on either flash to give the 'hard light' effect.

I think it has the look of one of those football manager shots you see on the front of Four Four Two magazine.

You may disagree!