Sicily C&C

Ballyman

Howdy

Was in Sicily last week. It rained and rained and rained every single day. Went to Mt Etna one of the days to get away from the rain but the clouds were so low you couldn't see anything at the top.

Anyway, I tried to use off camera flash for a while as it was pointless trying anything else in the mist and I'd never tried to do it before. I'd appreciate if someone who is used to doing this to give me a few pointers on below. I didn't put much thought into the setup etc. as it was fairly cold and Claire wasn't in appropriate attire for the cold! The rocks are an old lava flow from the volcano.

I exposed for the background (ISO200, 1/125 @ f6.3 I think) and then set the flash to 1/16th and moved it around a little until she appeared to be lit properly. Is this the right way to do this? It seems very trial and error. There were loads of shadows as well as I only had one flash. Spent a while removing them but some of the removal is noticeable

Any tips or ideas would be appreciated. Cheers.

pippatee

I really like this....it's dramatic and the subject's expression fits the mood of the photos ... and she's a beautiful subject,

as far as the OCF goes...I think you had the flash too low, as the subjects leg is slightly overexposed because it's closer to the flash...


A general rule (dontcha hate those) is to keep the light above the head of the sitter, and use either a reflector or second flash to ease the shadows created....although I don't imagine there were many reflectors available on the side of Mt Etna :-)


Good work like I say, and I'm only offering suggestions, not criticising the shot,

Phil

AnimalRights

I think it's fantastic.