Strobist Photo Trade Secrets, Volume 2: Portrait Lighting Techniques

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FRANKLYN ESPINAL

Out of the Blue

USING SIMPLE LIGHTING—ONE flash inside a 28-inch softbox—so as not to detract from his goal of shooting a beautiful model in front of a beautiful backdrop, Franklyn Espinal makes sunrise on the beaches of the Dominican Republic look like, well, sunrise on the beaches of the Dominican Republic. Why use a flash? Underexposing the ambient light just a touch and correctly exposing for the flash on the model forces you to look at her. Otherwise you might have just stared ...

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