Near the middle of April, I did a fashion/editorial style cherry blossom shoot, with Orisen Cosplay who was wearing the lovely “ endless fire ” dress, with a 20-foot train, rented from Dream Shoot Rental . For this evening shoot, I used a three light set up which included a honeycombed key light, a shoot through umbrella fill light, and a straight speedlight as a back or rim light. I positioned the key light using a C-stand with a boom arm so the light could be placed within the branches of the tree and angled down onto the model. I also put a large honeycomb grid directly onto the flash head to narrow the light and provide a spot or beam of light look. I used a flash inside a reflective bounce- shoot through umbrella angled up into the tree branches to light the cherry blossoms. I also place a flash with no modifiers directly behind the model to act as a rim light and light up the train of the dress to add depth to the shot. Additionall...
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