Jeslyn L.

I have always enjoyed working with Jeslyn. She is cooperative in front of camera and she knows what photographers want. She was the “Wondergirl” in my previous “Waterfall Wondergirl” post.

I arranged this indoor session with another photographer. One thing I like about indoor photography is that you create the light. You can make it how directional or how broad you want it to be; or you can just push it a few stops to kill the light. You CREATE light, just like God!

The location is small. We didn’t have alot of room to move around. Using my fav 70-200mm f/2.8 VRII lens or the 105mm f/2 DC lens is definitely out of the question. I mounted the cheap, affordable but value for money 50mm f/1.8 lens and we switched off all the lights in the room except a floor lamp (we still need to have some light to check our setup). For the main light, I setup a Nikon Speedlight SB900, fired through a white umbrella, and placed it at the broad side of Jeslyn.

I took a photo with this setup, it was ok, but not good enough as Jeslyn sort of “blend” into the background. Putting another light source in between Jeslyn and the wall would definitely separate her from the background. I then opened my bag, took out another Nikon Speedlight SB800, and mounted a honeycomb infront of it.. Carefully positioned the honeycomb to fire at the wall behind Jeslyn’s head.

“Jes, just turn your face slightly to the main light but maintain your eye contact with my camera”, and ~CLICK~, I got the result that I wanted!