The last demo shoot of our Photo Safari from Photoshop World to Chloride was with these desperadoes. Emily and Sam were great sports to participate in the heat in this simple setup. The top photo is the original shot. Take with no flash and 0 exp comp in the camera, as I explained to the group, to understand using flash, you have to see the available light. So this original shot shows many of the deficiencies in the ambient light. There are highlights and shadows but the biggest issue as I see it is the quality in the light. It simply has no character and since character is the storyline, we needed to bring in flash. It was done quickly and easily!
I was shooting with the Df / 24-70AFS and the light source was the sun and the Profoto B2. The B2 had the OCF Softbox (2×3′) attached to it. It was placed just outside the field of view on the left side of the photo. The key was to point the main beam of the B2 to Sam on the right and letting the soft, feathered edge of the light strike Emily on the left. I got is as close physically as I could to get the soft, wrap around glow of the B2 to kiss the girl’s face. The other key was to make the flash the main light and the ambient the fill light. This was accomplished by dialing in minus comp in the camera and a little plus comp in the flash. You can see above the before photo and the bottom the after. The whole thing took only minutes and was a simple lesson in light that Chloride easily gave up in the heat!