backlit orchid

Working with some off camera flash techniques - and I used my 430ex off camera fired with my ir trigger. In this shot the 430 is off camera left and below the "subject"...

This is fun stuff.

Photo Shoot - lesson's learned

I had a photo shoot with Meredith on Saturday in Wake Forest and I learned a very important lesson.

I've read about this before - and never really thought about it - until it happened yesterday.

We'd been shooting for almost 2 hours and we could all tell Meredith was tired - so we all started packing up and as we are getting everything together - Meredith walks over to a dandelion and picks it up and blows on it - with no direction from anyone... I couldn't get my camera out of the bag fast enough.

The lesson learned - never put your camera away.

Here's the resulting photo - while technically – this is not the best picture – it’s too soft and I don’t like the background – the mom and dad love this shot.

go figure.