The Hot Shoe Diaries: Big Light from Small Flashes

One Light in the Window

IT SHOULD BE NO SURPRISE that light will take on the shapes and shadows of what it passes through or hits. That’s why it’s always great to experiment a bit and put it out there someplace a tad unexpected or where it just plain looks cool.

This basement definitely looked cool. As for Deirdre, well, it’s a given she’s pretty cool, so the question I was facing here was how to light this and not mess up all the inherent coolness?

There was an old battered window just to camera left, and up above my shoulder. Passing a light through that decrepit frame with slats and broken glass was bound to be more interesting ...