SCENARIO 3
Creating Twilight
Enhancing or creating that glowing, just-after-sunset blue sky.
GEAR NEEDED:
- Camera + Trigger
- Lens of any focal length
- Off-camera flash
- Full CTO gel
- Light stand
- Light-softening modifier (optional)
- Second off-camera flash (optional)
GOAL IMAGE
I don’t know about you, but more often than not I miss the sunset photo. Not because I’m not prepared, but because I’m listening to a (potentially long and embarrassing) best man’s speech. There’s only a small window to capture sunset, but I love twilight even more (Figure 3.1).
No, I’m not referring to the epic love story with a vampire-werewolf-human love triangle (team Jacob, over here). I’m talking about the way that the sky glows that magically saturated blue just after ...
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