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There’s so many amazing places to wonder around in the historic part of downtown Charleston SC. I really love this city, for the variety there is to be found. These images above are a few from the portrait session in downtown Charleston. This was a self assignment to demonstrate the use of a single, off-camera bare bulb flash, with the Canon 5D during the mid-afternoon sunlight. Looking at the images, you’d have no idea it was actually a lot brighter than seen in the images. The main goal with using the off camera flash during the day light hours was to demonstrate how to introduce darkness into the image. There’s nothing more exciting than creating texture with light and dark. Added with color, shapes and expressions. The image will convey a story to the viewer.
I love setting up self assignments, as it give’s me the opportunity to explore ideas I form during life’s general day to day tasks. I will form a image in my mind of what I want to achieve and then build on that image over time. I generally don’t write down notes, but treat it as a mind game, as I understand how I can get the results I want on the day of the shoot.
During the shoot, I used one Quantum QFlash T2, Canon 5D, with the Canon 17-40 wide angle lens and the Canon 70-200 zoom lens. I love both of these L-Class lenses as they are super fast and respond really well in many lighting conditions. Using a couple of pocket wizards, I dial in the exposure I want and start shooting. I tend not to take 100s of images, but carefully take the ones I do take. It just cuts down the editing time later!
