Helsinki by Night

Outdoor shot at Helsinki late winter

dusk. Comments, pls!

Olli,

 

Outstanding. And the same for the rest of your portfolio. By looking at the catchlight in her eyes, it seems the lighting, except for a limited amount of faint daylight, was one on-camera flash. Is that so?

 

Roger

Hi Roger!

 

I had a special trick of rigging 550EX and 420EX

on my camera, 550EX as master on the hotshoe

and 420EX as the slave on a 20year old Hama

flash mount attached at the screw mount at the

bottom of the camera. This creates a poor man's

glam flash :-)

 

 

This is a really nice portrait. I like the lighting and expression. The only recommendation I would have is a tighter crop at the bottom-just below the hair line. In my opinion, the bottom part of the coat detracts rather than adds to the photo. Also, this would allow the horizon to be placed a third up her body rather than cutting the it in half as it does now- a little more pleasing I think.