A Joe McNally Moment...

[Remorhaz]

For our fourth model shoot at the Google Plus Centennial Park PicANiK we had another impromptu guest model. This time we had a very flexible young lady who was a ballerina, dancer and trapeze artist - so we figured we've got all these Nikon speedlights, light stands, light modifiers and a lovely dancer so it was time to try and emulate (however poorly) the legendary Joe McNally.

The Dancer


What do you think - probably not worthy of a Joe McNally second look but I was pretty happy for my first attempt at this and a multi light setup...

[zafra52]

Good capture, it reminds me of one we shoot
a few years back in the beach and the young model did something similar with a long piece
of fabric.
I feel the background in your picture has come
out a bit on the dark side.

[the foto fanatic]

The model capture is superb and the lighting on her is pretty good.

The background lets the shot down.

[Remorhaz]

Thanks guys and I did purposely underexpose the background - we didn't have much to work with since we were just in the park so it was hard to find any clean backgrounds.

[sirhc55]

IMHO the background is not important as the main subject is beautifully illuminated and that’s what is important.

[Remorhaz]

Thanks Chris - although it isn't quite as perfectly illuminated as I would have liked - however given the time and other constraints I'm happy