For this you will need:
-Your camera
-A Flash (I used my SB700)
-A remote flash system (I had borrowed my friends yongnuo)
-A flash stand or something to hold the flash off the camera
-A person to model
-Night time!
First you are going to want to set up your flash for the picture above it was to my left side and I honestly don't know the power that it was on I usually don't mess with the flash once I've figured out a setting that I liked. For the camera settings my f-stop was at 3.5, my shutter was at 1/100 (You are going to have to go lower than normal because it is dark) my ISO Tended to range from 400-500. I messed with the f-stop a but and the shutter but I never went over f 5.6 and shutter 1/160.
This image I wanted to create more shadows so I put the flash on my left and made it further to the side than directly pointing at the model. The camera settings were f-stop 4.8, shutter 1/160, and ISO at 500. The major down side to shooting outside in Corpus at night is the wind. There will usually be a bit of movement but the flash helps freeze them in time more than anything else.
Another fun thing about this shoot was the editing process. Now just to keep things clear I really enjoy the photo-shoot part and I feel that a photographer is one who can take a picture without having the need to take it into Photoshop to make it good. So as an added fun I turned some of the images sepia and black and white. For the image below I was going for a more "old time" feel and I was loving the color of the corset that she was wearing so I brought that through.
This image and the one above happened to be a snapshot that was mostly a test shot and I am in love with both. Yes there are some things I wish weren't happening like the hair in front of her face (Left image) but it works. This image looks just as amazing in color but I feel like it really works in sepia.
This shoot was definitely a fun one to shoot fighting the wind and mosquitoes but I really enjoyed the images that came from it. I do have a couple of shoots that I want to get done to show and hopefully will get to do them soon i am sure you all will love them :D until then.
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