Brand Image Consultant

For Photographers - How I Shot It

This image was shot when we had miserable light. This is about 30 minutes after sunrise and we had heavy cloud cover. As luck would have it I was being videoed by California Sunbounce who was trying to show other photographers how I use their product. California Sunbounce had just developed a new product, the Flash Bracket, which they dragged out and showed me. It was a small lightweight arm that can be attached to any of their reflectors and it would hold up a lightweight flash. My crew pulled out the Lumedyne packs, MicroSync radio sync trigger & using the the Flash Bracket, attached a small round head to a "Mini" California Sunbounce reflector. The shot above shows what the light looks like when we were using this and the shot below is what it looked like without.

The shot below shows all of this in use.

The catalog cover

This advertising fashion image was shot near Wolcott, CO. The light is from a heavy overcast sky and the Lumedyne Battery powered strobe. I was using 12 watt seconds to shoot this image.

The Gear: Canon Professional Digital Camera - 1/160 @ 100 ISO in RAW mode. A Canon 16-35 lens set at f5.6.

Light: Lumedyne strobe pack, Lumedyne round head, MicroSync radio sync trigger, California Sunbounce Pro & Mini reflectors and a California Sunbounce flash bracket.

If you would like to use this image, or any of my images for mock or comp use, please just ask. There is never a charge for this service. Any educational use is permitted without charge, unless published, but please ask first. All commercial use is available only with a limited copyright release prior to use from the copyright holder, Steve Thornton. Thanks for looking!