Strobist Photo Trade Secrets, Volume 2: Portrait Lighting Techniques

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ALEXEY FURSOV

Young, Fashionable Woman

GOOD COMPOSITION draws the viewer’s eyes from the edge of the image to the point where you want them to look. Little draws a viewer’s eyes more than strong, contrasting lines all pointing to the same spot. To achieve this, Alexey Fursov found the perfect angle to shoot from, then backlit the tunnel to accentuate the shadows between the logs. He hand-held a second small flash aimed into a bounce umbrella to bring up the foreground focal point ...

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