Shoot 1
There’s always something about a subject that stands out right away, and in this case, I was quite struck by my subject’s lovely red hair. I knew I wanted to position her against a contrasting color to make sure her hair was a key focal point of the shot. It was a hot and sunny day, so we found some shade to help diffuse the sharp sunlight and manage the heat. I tested my shot, pairing my Nikon Z7 camera with my 105mm f/1.4 portrait lens and SB-5000 flash, with my exposure set to 1/2000 sec at f/2 and ISO 160.
My subject was kind of lost in the wide, horizontal shot, so I switched to a close-up, vertical shot, shut off the flash, added a reflector to bounce more light into the scene, and opened up my aperture even more to f/1.6. Since ...
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