Need I say more?…….. Of course I do.

Shanna Crooks, happens to be a rising star in the music world.  Based out of Nashville Tennessee, and blazing a creative trail through NYC,  Los Angeles, and many other places where the key players influence the masses.

Some of her most recent success credentials are  “Wakin’ Up to Love” as her first single, released through Atlantic Records and Clean and Clear,  which can be found on  I-Tunes.  And a song she recently wrote for Japanese super star Koda Kumi, which happens to be gracing the top of the Japanese music charts.

Shanna had the need for album art, and I happened to be visiting family in Nashville, so the opportunity presented itself .

The idea for this shoot, was to create a warm and somewhat dreamy image. Using a warm  afternoon sunset, and the wintry bare trees as a foreground helped create the image.

This was a simple and quick photo shoot, part of it because the afternoon sun falls very quickly, so to make best use of it , one must move fast, and the other is that winters in Nashville are quite cold, so we didn’t want to keep Shanna out to long.

On the technical aspect side of things, one of the only problems I was presented with, was balancing the Sunlight which I wanted to use as Rim light, but would cause her to fall in to shadows, so I added flashes to balance out the scene.

Since I was traveling, I had to plan for a light and portable set up. In this case my flashes (Canon 580exII, and 430ex) 2 shoot trough umbrellas, and 2 light weight stands which fitted in my luggage, was all that was necessary.  Below is a visual of the set up from above.

For quickness sake, to have best use of the sun, I set the flashes to full power, and controlled the intensity of the light falling on Shanna, by moving the stands closer or farther away from her.

Pic tech:

100 ISO

110mm

f/4.5

1/160/sec

Gear used:

Canon 30D.

70/200 IS.

Canon 580exII.

Canon 430ex.

2 shoot through umbrellas.

2 light weight stands.

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