Ruby Red
Model: Alexia Rae Castillo
If you have a brilliant model to work with but time is not on your side you need to be prepared for any situation. In this case the sun was a bit too strong to shoot in and I didn’t want to blow out her skin or hair… AND I wanted the textures in the background to set off the colors of her jumper.
That being said, I’m glad I had a strobe available that had the capabilities of High Speed Sync. I prefer to make use of a strobe than to use a ND filter, because I wanted to preserve the details without tampering with the highlights in on her skin, hair and wardrobe. With the strobe correctly positioned and measured, I was able to overpower the sun to correctly balance subject and background.
