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convertible cars

June 16, 2009 • Blog, Photo Shoots

port6276aabOne sure sign that summer has arrived in Colorado are convertibles driving down the street with radios playing loud.  This concept inspired me to create a dreamy summer shot.  Photographing people in mirrors is a tried and true concept, so I thought I would spice things up some with interesting light.  Katrina is a friend, and happens to drive a black convertible Saab…perfect.  The first challenge with this image was shading her from the sun.  This was done fixing a California Sunbounce Sun Swatter above her out of view from camera.  I use the sun swatter frequently, it has a soft white material that diffuses the light well.  Next was lighting Katrina’s eyes.  I first started with a SB900 shooting through a Lumiquest Softbox III, but this tended to add light in places I didn’t want (see set up shot).  So I switched to a Lumiquest snoot, which just hit her eyes with little spill elsewhere.  Next, I added SB900s from left and right , both positioned slightly behind her.  These flashes added accent light to her hair and chair.  The accent lights added flare to the image, so I added Honl TTL gobos to control flare.  Tech: D3, 24-70mm lens, ISO 400, 1/250 at F11.port6248a

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