SIMPLE LIGHT

This doesn't happen very often, but just occasionally, I get a chance to add some light that's not done quick-and-dirty with an on-camera flash. It's time and far too little of it, usually, that's the decider.

But at this job (I'm reluctant to use a grandiose term like "assignment" for the things that appear on my lists...) I had a little extra time, the location and a subject that could do with a bit of extra treatment.

These three ladies were rehearsing for a forthcoming musical ("Norma Jean, The Musical" about Marilyn Monroe) and were to be featured in the county-wide entertainment and culture supplement. It was script-only, not costume rehearsal and they were outdoors. However, there was a wooded patch which both brought the sun under control and offered a little bit of interest with a tyre as a swing. There wasn't time or location to switch much around but I swapped the ladies positions a couple of times to ring the changes a little.

The extra light was a simple off-camera SB 900, on a light stand, into a white umbrella in reflected mode. It was set about 4ft to my right, slightly high and was triggered at 1/2 power by an on-camera SB700. There wasn't a grand plan to this position, it just added a nice amount of light at an angle to counterpoint the daylight that was washing under the trees.

L/R Jay Aston, formerly of Bucks Fizz, Lorraine Gray and Sarah Rose Denton are rehearsing for a new show, Norma Jean, The Musical.
 This is a "quickly-found" location where they were rehearsing, which got them out of the full sun.
Nikon D4, 24-70 f2.8 AFS, 1/250th @ f5.6, 160ISO plus off-camera SB900 into white reflective umbrella at 1/2 power.

And a couple of slightly-changed poses....

I moved and clustered them closer and in a different order
after this. I also pondered getting them to push Sarah on the swing,
but decided that it meant changing the light enough that I didn't
have that much time to hand. Regret not doing that a little
but you do what you have to do and move on...