Lighting Scenarios

The following lighting scenarios are meant to serve as a kind of field guide for reference when you’re practicing off-camera flash use on your own. While your scenarios may not perfectly reflect the ones I shot in, the camera and light settings should be very similar. As you use your strobes, the most important thing to keep in mind is to not forget about your subject. Keep the dialogue going. Also, if you are having a hard time troubleshooting your light setup, let it go and shoot it with available light. You only have so much quality time before your subject is wishing the shoot was over.

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