Tip: Help yourself

Quick tip of the day:

When setting up a complicated shot, always do a “pull-back” shot to remind yourself of the lights you used.

So when you shoot an Emma Peel-like pose such as this:

Emma Peel-like pose (Photo: Michael Willems)

…you should also shoot at least one like this, to remind yourself later of how to do it:

Emma Peel-like pose (Photo: Michael Willems)

That was two bare speedlights 45 degrees behind aiming forward, and a single speedlight in a Honl Photo Traveler 8 softbox as fill light. But seeing the picture says so much more than those words.

 

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