I was visiting Photokina and on the drive into the event I noticed these old empty buildings. I was talking to another photographer who told me how to get in (sneaking through a gate that had been bent just enough I should say). Almost all of the light on the model is from a Lumedyne strobe head bouncing onto a California Sunbounce "Mini" reflector that my assistant is holding. The long exposure (1/13 second) is made possible by the camera being on a tripod. The reason for the long exposure is this building was very dark and I wanted to show the environment surrounding the model. So the shutter speed was extended to allow the ambient light to fill in the shadows.

The gear: Canon 16-35mm zoom lens set @ 24mm f4 mounted onto a Canon Professional Digital Camera 1/13 second @100 ISO set in RAW mode. Lumedyne strobe head mounted onto a flash bracket bounced into a California Sunbounce "mini" reflector.

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