Tip : use the background

Sometimes you end up with backgrounds that at first look terrible but eventually really make your images stand out.

This shot was taken at the Sony booth during my demos at the imaging days. We did bring our own lastolite backgrounds but somehow this reflective black background just kept calling out to me 😉

I placed a small softbox with a wide grid under a high angle and used it to literally paint some cool patterns on the background. But by placing our model (Nadine) close to the background and feathering the light I also has more than enough light on my model.

The end results I really loved .

So as you can see….. Sometimes bad looking situations can give you awesome results.