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Tad late for the holiday season, however, inspiration struck and we had to oblige. I don't think we're 100% on this yet, but maybe by next season :)

Out thought process on the image was to drag the shutter slightly (1.3 seconds) to get some glow from around the Christmas lights while using strobes to expose Wally (the disgruntled subject & famed A Likely Story photographer). In hind sight we probably should have used a third light overhead to light the brow lines a bit better. 

Gear:

Alien Bee B800 7" reflector @ 1/32 power

Alien Bee B1600 7" reflector @ 1/32 power

Pocket Wizard Flex TT5s. 

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So, we love boom shots. While learning studio lighting we'd come across these amazing dramatically lit shots & it seemed most of them were with booms. You get this highlight across the hair, and contrasty shadows under the brow.... all tasty stuff. We had enough of the envy and purchased a boom. Its a Manfrotto. 

Here's a little BTS of our first shoot with it & one of the retouched images produced from the set. In this image I also used a new retouching technique for the skin. If you're interested in seeing some of the technique, use the "ask" and I'll make a video or something.

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