This fashion image was taken in the oldest part of Milan, Italy. By controlling the light I am able to control what the viewer will look at, which in this case is the wardrobe. To get this shot, we sometimes had to move out of the way of cars that sometimes happened by on one of the narrowest streets in Milan.

Go here to see how I shot this and what it looks like in "Normal" light.

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By controlling the light I am able to control what the viewer will look at, which in this case is the wardrobe. I knew that the light falling on the paving stones in the background would give me the separation I wanted between the background & the model. Then by using a strobe pack set at a high power level, having the light source close to the model, with a high shutter speed, stopping down the iris and using a low ISO of 50, the primary light source on the model is coming from the strobe, and not the sun. So by only seeing a dark, but interesting, background the viewer's eyes are drawn to the sweater, pants & boots and not the graffiti covered walls.

The gear: Canon 70-200 mm (@ 130mm) f4 zoom lens @ f4.5 mounted onto a Canon Professional Digital Camera 1/160 second @ 50 ISO set in RAW mode, a Lumedyne battery powered strobe system attached to a Sunbounce Micro-Mini size reflector triggered by a MicroSync wireless sync system.