off camera flash with pete

Another one of my photografriends was nice enough to help me out with my continuing education on off camera flash. He was quite the reluctant model, but a very patient and great teacher. Pete even came with me to the event I shot on Saturday night to help out ‘on site’ so to speak, so I could put everything I’ve been learning into actual practice.

So here’s what I did with my new knowledge. And a shout out to another photografriend Charles who held a flash he was selling just for me. Cause you know I have to have a collection of stuff.

Shoot thru umbrella.

A little flashflare. While in mid sentence. Sorry about that but the flare was cool so I had to post. I love that you can see the wine, and all kinds of battery packs, boxes from the new purchases and just the general mess that ensued. Learning is messy.Attempting to mix ambient light with off camera flash.A little silhouette with rim light. I’m a total sucker for rim light- it’s my favorite!He looks like a magician. Brightening up the front side a little and then a little more. Pete looks just thrilled, huh?

Can’t wait to try out some of my newfound knowledge for my upcoming events and on some sessions. (Don’t worry- my pictures are still primarily going to be natural light as they always have been but it’s nice not being totally in the dark with off camera flash (see what I did there?) and can only be a helpful tool to work with and add a little something extra to your bsquared sessions.)