2 Light Portrait Shoot

After the initial phot session with my better half, LJ. I decided it was time to give it another go with some new equipment I’d purchased recently.

Nikon SB900 flash gun
Sigma 70-200 f2.8 lens
Shoot through umbrella
Additional wireless trigger and receiver set.

As before, the images were shot in the living room using the equipment outlined above as well as a Nikon SB600 through the shoot through umbrella and a Nikon D300 camera.

The simple setup was the soft-box set high camera left with the SB900 and the SB600 set on camera right as a highlight/hair light and then used a large gold reflector to bounce some light back under the chin.

Most of the initial shots were a case of trial and error until I found a lighting ratio that produced good results as well as a good shooting angle and poses.

The best images were taken from a high vantage point, with me stood on drum stool shooting down.