Here’s a picture I just took of my favourite patient model. I used some technique to get that dramatic “Wired” effect:

The way I made this picture:

Camera:

• Camera: Canon 7D with 50mm f/1.4 lens
• Set to Manual, 1/125th sec, f/8, 100 ISO

Flash:

• Multi-flash TTL with one on-camera and two off-camera flashes.
• One “A” Flash on the camera (580 EX) as fill flash and “commander”;
• The main lighting was rim lighting: two 430 EX flashes either side of the model, slightly behind, set up as “B” flashes.
• I was using a 1:8 A:B ratio.
• The 430 flashes were each equipped with a Honl 1/4″ grid, to stop their light from hitting the entire room.
• Flash compensation -1 stop to avoid overexposing the rims (this is common when your main flash lights only a small part of the picture).

Post:

• And finally, I desaturated the colours in Lightroom: Presence +15, Vibrance -20 and Saturation -40. I also did a version where I desaturated only red and orange, and increased sharpness, which is the usual technique.

Try it yourself, or come to our two-day Light workshop 10+11 April to learn exactly how to do this.