Christmas Portrait

[Basil]

My lovely wife (not named Sybil) agreed to be a guinea pig for me yesterday to play around with different lighting configurations using my 2 600EX-RT Speedlites. In this one, I had a medium-sized (31" x 31") soft box off to the left, placed pretty close, and a second Speedlite, shooting from behind, through the tree, to provide a bit of "rim light." I had one set as Group A and the other as group B, then I played around with power ratios.

 

[JPSmit]

Lovely! (and the photography is pretty good too)

 

[Basil]

Lovely! (and the photography is pretty good too)

Thanks, I married up

 

[GTP1960]

I like the way you slightly defocused the tree & ornaments :
invited my eye to notice your charming wife's hair corsage, then follow her gaze.

is photography becoming more than a hobby?

 

[JPSmit]

Thanks, I married up

You and me both my friend, you and me both

 

[Bayless]

Probably true for a lot of us.

 

[Darwin]

You've done well. Both in phtography and subject. You are blessed.

 

[Basil]

is photography becoming more than a hobby?

Not yet - maybe if I get better.

 

[judow]

Very nice. I'm impressed.

 

[NutmegCT]

Have to admit, in addition to the portrait being beautiful, the BCF snowflakes falling over it on the screen make it even more wondrous!

 

[Basil]

Very nice. I'm impressed.

Vielen Dank