EXPOSURE INFO: Canon 40D, 24-70 2.8L. MAIN SUBJECT: 1/125th @f/8 ISO400 and gridded 580EX camera right. BACKGROUND LIGHTS: defocussed exposure 1/125th @ f/8 ISO 400 cloned around main subject. Colored catchlight in eyes added in post.
Best wishes to everyone for a happy and safe holiday!
Some photographers blanch at the idea of making portraits of children and yes, sometimes you get subjects that simply arrive underfed, under-rested and completely out-of-sorts. But it’s all worth it when the opportunity to make images like these presents itself.
EXPOSURE INFO: Canon 40D, 70-200 2.8L IS, 1/125th @ f/5.6, ISO 100, Photogenic PL-06 @ 1/4 power camera right with 3×6′ softbox, PL-06 1/16 power with 6″ reflector behind and left of subjects, Quantum Q-flash 1/2 power right of subjects aimed at white seamless background.