A Place to Put the Light

WHEN I USE SMALL FLASH, I consciously look for things that look like light-shaping tools. face it, light comes outta these things in a fairly formless manner. You can send it to the ceiling or fly it off a wall, but when you set off an sB unit, light blows out of it kind of—everywhere.

Especially when you are moving fast and using the units without any light-shaping devices attached to them. Like, on a wedding day. Like, in the bride’s room while she is getting ready and tending to her two-year-old twins. Like, when things are complete chaos and you are trying to find beauty, simplicity, and composition both in your head and in your frame.

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