• wow, did you deliberately place these shadows at the corners of the frame for a natural vignette? - kaicat
  • happy accident? sort of.
    i was trying to position the greatest areas of bokeh over her shoulder, and the shadows from the trees fell in the corners.

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I love that I have willing models and a great place to shoot, all right at home. Leiane got a new sweater and hat and felt like showing it off, so we went to the backyard for magic hour. Speedlite in a softbox for key light high left of camera, white reflector camera right for fill, sun light for rim, backlighting, and beautiful jewel-like bokeh from leaves catching the light all over the ground. I stood in a chair to shoot slightly from above.

Strobist: YN460 @ 1/16 power in reflective brolly softbox high left of camera.

(see setup shot)

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  1. Vincent Llora (5 months ago | reply)

    setup for this shot:

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    This is a masterpiece!

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    Nicely done!

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    Congratulations!
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    This is a masterpiece!

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    Nicely done.
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  12. Kent Freeman (5 months ago | reply)

    Excellent work.

  13. Proleshi (5 months ago | reply)

    Love the colors and bokeh!

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  15. Ranfog (5 months ago | reply)

    As always mate, well done :)

  16. Julie P.O.P (I found my brain. It's inside my head (5 months ago | reply)

    Amazing shot! I love ur style! Wonderful bokeh!!! :)

  17. kaicat (5 months ago | reply)

    This is just beautiful! Leiane, the color palette, the light, the background, the processing... everything!

    The balance of ambient light with flash is very nice. Did you have a certain look or ratio in mind when you set up the shot? (I'm guessing you based exposure on the ambient background light and then adjusted the flash accordingly.)

  18. Vincent Llora (5 months ago | reply)

    thank you thank you

  19. Vincent Llora (5 months ago | reply)

    thanks always (bring on the critique if you ever feel it - i can take it, and i need regular commenters brave enough to give it)

  20. Vincent Llora (5 months ago | reply)

    i wanted the light to be soft on her face, beauty light - no harsh breaks, but not flat. without the flash and reflector, i wasn't getting as much light as i wanted, so i pulled them out. actually got flash power setting right on first 'guess.' (without a light meter, but with lots of practice, at what point does it become skill, or at least educated guess, and not just a guess? getting there, i hope.) oh, and yes, i got the exposure correct for ambient light first, then added flash.

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  22. {John Telger Photography} (4 months ago | reply)

    The bokeh is amazing and I LOVE how you show the setup. Nice work!!!

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