Rich in Spirit

-Here's a fun photo with, partner, Rene's dad and Vickie at Lincoln Park. When it comes to family photos I think I'm almost ready to ditch the reflector entirely. It would have been nice to get a little more light in the eyes and fill in the shadows, but a single light lends itself to much more natural looking photographs outdoors. With shadow depth of field I think you can get away with flat lighting as the depth and dimension is felt already. Since I was using the 50mm I had to use my feet to zoom in. I still have a little pep in my step so the zooming isn't a problem! Lit with my favorite Einstein 640 and large octabox with a large boom stand. The extra weight can be a pain but it's nice knowing my light is going to stay wherever I put it. I'm addicted to flash with large apertures, but focus on groups of people can get tricky. www.nakean.com http://flic.kr/p/iMf147

Family Holiday Photo

-I love taking family photos, but I love it even more when i get to be in them! You can try these with a tripod and a timer but I would recommend getting yourself a wireless remote before attempting with children, or with this many people for that matter! We took countless photos and just like at work, there's almost always one or more people not looking straight ahead. Too often I don't offer to take my families photo, thinking it's a hassle and a bother for them all. More often than not it's exactly what they all hoped for! Thanks for wonderful Holiday breakfast, fun opening presents, and a wonderful outing at the park! I hope we can do it again soon! Lit with a single Large Octabox with Einstein 640 directly over the camera. I think I'm in love with 50mm 1.2 L !!! It goes back to Glazer's rentals tomorrow.... :( http://flic.kr/p/iBrCZR

Little Clark Kent

-My Little Clark Kent who just forgot to take of his cape! Had so much fun running around with Grandpa listening to the theme song of Superman blaring through the living room speakers! Man this kid can lift your spirits! I couldn't help but sprint to the garage studio for my stripbox and Einstein light! One of many great captures with Grampa in the kitchen! Happy Holidays to all! lit with a single Einstein through gridded stribox camera right. http://flic.kr/p/iyqDv8

All SMiles

-One of my favorite headshots from my session with fellow photographer Miles. Lit with beauty dish from above and large octa from below.(clamshell). Two gridded ab800's through strip boxes from either side. Who says 50mm can't be a portrait lens? Not taken with a 50mm lens but it was taken at 50mm. www.nakean.com http://flic.kr/p/iuxNNZ

Sunset Senior

Here's another image of Merle posing with some swag! look out Hollywood! Again, about 32 degrees outside but not a problem for this senior and his fam! You guys rocked it. This was taken down at Lincoln Park with the fast disappearing sun right behind him. Lit with a single large Octa and Einstein 640 boomed overhead. I got all the fill I needed from the ambient light even though it wasn't much. http://flic.kr/p/ionjit

True Arrow

This is one serious Bow with an equally serious arrow. The tip of this particular arrow is essentially 4 razor blades that are serrated on the back end! You do not want to be on the business end of one of these bad boys! I still don't think I can comprehend the amount sheer force behind an arrow on a bow of this kind. This particular composite took me quite sometime before it felt right. There are countless adjustment layers dealing with color, light and sharpness to name a few. If I had tried to create this 3 months ago, I would have posted it on day one even though it didn't quite feel complete. I couldn't bear to do that to this particular image. I slept on it at least a couple nights and made incremental changes as ideas came to me. Sometimes it's hard for me to give a project, I'm so excited about, some breathing room and time. It's like putting together an intricate puzzle. No one completes those in one sitting, and when your run into a brick wall the best thing you can do is walk away and come back later! Matt brought his bow into the studio here in West Seattle so as not to scare the bajesus out of passers by in public. The background was taken at Lincoln Park near the bluff overlooking Puget Sound. I posted a similar image on my facebook page with the fence located on the opposite side of the frame. Matt was lit with a large octa right behind me and the rims were b800's through medium sized stripboxes. http://flic.kr/p/ikskvM

Strength

There something about this image that just screams strength to me. Part of it is the confidence that is portrayed by my subject, Merle. He looks comfortable which was no easy feat, it being about 32 degrees when we photographed. Maybe it's the large and beautiful trees that surround him in the near distance and just slightly out of focus. It could be the hint of sun and flare coming into the frame that seems as if it's about to burst through the trees, but instead gives just the perfect amount of glow to his jacket, cheek and hair. Mostly it's the way those brown eyes just look into the lens. Merle looks confident, strong, close, tangible. Man I love photography! Especially when I get to photograph during the best light the day has to offer! This was lit with a large Octa camera right and feathered in front. Bit the heavy lifting is done by mother nature! Man she kicked ass in this portrait! http://flic.kr/p/igk5Sp

Unmistakable Truth

You can see every light in this shot except for the main which is just out of the frame and to the right, via a large octabox. I've become fixated on shooting wider portraits as I think it draws a more interesting portrait of your subject. This one doesn't really exaggerate Matt, given the distance, and he remains in the center of the frame (most objects at the edge of the frame are what are exaggerated in wide angle photographs). There's also something I like about the exposed garage, wood, and lights. It feels raw. It seems real. My sleeves are rolled up and nothing is left unexposed. After my eyes are done wandering about the frame I always come back to Matt standing calmly and poised. I almost don't see the lights. It's as if he just about to smile. Just about to tell me something. Some unmistakable of truth. http://flic.kr/p/ib3DLr

The Kennedys

-You would never guess it by looking at this photo but it was 32 degrees outside during this shoot. Not only was it this cold, this awesome family helped carry my photography gear all throughout Lincoln Park! It's getting darker so much earlier and our plan was to shoot at the Water Taxi on Alki, however, the son had other plans! By 2:30 there was only a sliver of light left on the on the last few pieces of the pier banisters. By driving to the opposite (West) side of Alki we bought ourselves 2 more hours of beautiful sunshine! I love how comfortable this family was. It felt like just a stroll in the park with some interesting people. Every once in a while we would stop and take a few photos before heading on our way again. It was getting a darker outside and the single light would be responsible for all the light reaching there faces. If it wasn't directly in front there would be some pretty harsh shadows everywhere. This image was lit with a single Large Octa boomed above the camera. http://flic.kr/p/i9oEun

Mysterious Hot Pants

This photo was toward the end of our senior shoot. We photographed around Alki Beach and the water taxi in West Seattle until it started raining on us. I have no idea how her hair is as perfect as it is in this photo because it just spent the last hour or so being blown this way and that by some pretty powerful gusts of wind! Ok, let me address the tittle of this photograph (Mysterious Hot Pants). They were, most certainly, pink. Not crazy bright but everything else she had going on was darker. Almost 2 full stops darker! I took advantage of a little trick I keep preaching about, which is convert your image to black and white. Then see where your eyes take you. Straight to the pants and legs. I needed to tone these hot pants down and did so using the burn tool in Photoshop. It Really helped to even out the image as far as lighting was concerned. The Mysterious part is all in the eyes and slight covering of one of the eyes. I can't quite tell what she's thinking but she seems pretty confident about whatever that might be. shot with a beauty dish boomed directly overhead, rim lights on either side with gridded strip boxes, gridded and nd gelled x800 through silver reflector low and camera right. http://flic.kr/p/i8gC27

The Hunter

Sometimes the test shots are the best! This was one of the first images from a setup where I wanted to test the light and see exactly where the shadow fell on Matt's face! We both loved the natural looking pose, position of the bow and light placement. Thanks Matt for a great shoot! Can't wait to get to some more of these images. Particularly the wide angle shots we took! This was lit with an Einstein 640 camera right through a gridded beauty dish. One rim light camera left and a background light placed behind him. http://flic.kr/p/i6KmDi

Skate or Die

-Or just look into his Dreamy eyes.... I really liked how we filled the frame with Miles and his board. The compression at 105mm works well to keep lines straight and image flat. Dimension relies solely on the light and shadows. There was something so intriguing to me about keying from beneath for some of these images and I think I'll be revisiting this setup soon. Lit with Large Octa on the floor and pointed up for main. I filled in shadows with a beauty dish from above. Two rim lights provided by stripboxes on either side. The board and shoulder, camera right, or catching a bit of the background light as well. www.naekan.com, www.nakeanworkshops.com/blog http://flic.kr/p/i5QqrW

Calm Number 5

I always post the most interesting photos I take of my son and sometimes forget to post the calm and cute ones. So this one is for you Rene. Lit with Einstein 640 through large Octabox camera right and reflector camera left. Strip box camera left and behind him for rim and a light on the floor for the background. This one was shot at 2.8 giving a pretty shallow depth of field from the 85mm lens. http://flic.kr/p/i4pvfX

Ready for Action

Ready for some Football! http://flic.kr/p/i4oSb7

On the first day of Yuen Lui Christmas Santa Photos

Here was our test shot sent out to the photographer manager before we started the long day of back to back Santa photos at the Yuen Lui Studio in Bellevue. A little love from photoshop goes a long way! When there is a lot going on in your images it is best to convert them into black and white to get a real sense of depth and light without the distractions of color. In the original image all the light was focused behind Meghann and distracted from the overall feeling. I shifted the light, in photoshop, to focus in front of her and on her drawing the viewers from right to left. http://flic.kr/p/i2Yr8h

Before

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Mind your surroundings

-The more you take portraits, especially locations portraits, the more you learn to really see your potential background and potential light. You also discovery the capabilities and unfortunately, at times, the limitations of your equipment. Location work, more often than not, forces you to push your camera to it's limits. I just finished editing 60 headshot images for my client and I'm proud to say I didn't exceed any limitations of my equipment, only expectations of my photographs. Photographed with a single Einstein 640 through an umbrella with a warming cto (Color Temperature Orange) gel. http://flic.kr/p/i2NNPG

Sweet girl

-Profiles of little ones might be my favorite photographs to take. I love the shadow and attention to the eyes. This was lit with a large octabox camera right feathered in front. a strip box was placed camera left and high as a hair light. Lastly, an alienbee b800 was pointed at the background with a grid to give a nice gradient. http://flic.kr/p/i2AmrL

Prepared

All ready for family pics. This is what happens when I don't shoot outdoors for a while. I tend to bring the kitchen sink with me! You never quite know what light you'll be given even when you scout an area hours beforehand! This particular day started off as a gorgeous sunny afternoon with the sun nice and low in the sky to create warm soft long shadows. The sun was moving quickly, however, and the light was changing rapidly. At one point it was if someone just turned out the lights as the sun dropped below some clouds on the horizon. Then it was time to switch to all natural light. You don't need all this stuff to take good family photos, but I used every piece of it at one point in my last shoot. Thanks Erin for seeing this photograph before I packed it all up and helping me carry it all throughout the park! http://flic.kr/p/hWuBty

West Seattle Family Composite

It's not a complete lie, as they were actually photographed here in West Seattle! Difference being they had heater pointed directly at them in the studio to keep them warm. No crazy wind, although, I do have the ability to add this natural effect...hmmmm..... http://flic.kr/p/hH9qDH

All Smiles

Beautiful Family I photographed last week at the West Seattle home studio. Had a blast with them. As a photographer, the word "smile" isn't really in my vocabulary when photographing young children. You've all seen the smile. You know, the one where they look like they might need a little more veggies and fiber in their diet! Well, after a few tries with my trusty stuffed animal, mom said I should ask her to smile. She said, "it works for us". A little weary all my hard work would be undone, I uttered the words and.... I'm pretty sure this photo is the result! You go girl!!!! Lit with Einstein 640 through large Octabox Camera right with reflector camera left. Two rims via stripboxes on either side. No background light as I told them I might try a family composite with this image. Can't wait to try a few ideas! http://flic.kr/p/hFYpZy

Beautiful Bokeh

Just finished editing another set of headshots for Group Health. I twas fairly dark outside today I needed to bump my iso up to ISO400 in order to balance the ambient outside. This also meant that there was a fair amount of ambient light coming from light fixtures nearby. It was critical that I white balanced correctly so as to keep the tones natural looking and consistent with other images I've done in different conditions. The building behind is outside while we are in and on the other side of the street which creates the nice bokeh (blurriness) in this image. Tis the season for headshots. Got yours? http://flic.kr/p/hFUNQv

Not so Mr. Nice Guy

Trying a more dramtic look with the key light coming from below with just a bit of fill from a beauty dish above. I'm also letting the rim light rap a around a tad more than I normally would. I love the dram the light creates here. I'm reading a great book my Gregory Heisler in which he remind me that commercially speaking, "men only have to look interesting". http://flic.kr/p/hEtCjY

Shing blues

Here's a photo of my best friend I've known since we were 6 and 7 years old! One might think I've taken a ton of photos of him but they would be completely wrong. Ultimately, taking photos of him when he wasn't cleaned up and ready to be photographed primed him to come back and show his more put together persona. There were a ton of images we both liked from this shoot. One of the images I posted recently was without the jacket and lit from the front by only two lights. In this image, however, There are 4 lights illuminating Corey from both sides, top, and bottom. All lights were gridded except for the bottom fill light allowing me to add color to the black paper in the background. http://flic.kr/p/hzo2GT

Don't be a sucker

Just got home from dinner and felt the need to photograph my little man with his lollie pop! He wouldn't let me call it a sucker! This was so much more! In his defense it was far too large to suck on. I must say I like having the background light suspended from the rafters rather than to the side as it helps keep the fall off much smoother and linear to the edges. I love the look of the wood floor but struggle with the paper background roll exposed. Does it take away for you at all( I see it all the time in images)? Lit with a large Octa camera right and reflector camera left. Gridded strip boxes either side and the background light superclamped above on a rafter and pointed behind him. http://flic.kr/p/hwEQ7J

Skate King

I've had the perfect background for a long time and just needed a skater with board! Enter Miles Tucker. Doesn't hurt that he's comfortable both in front of and behind the camera! The park is Jefferson Skate Park which is part of the 6th largest park in Seattle. And would you check out that view! Not talking about Miles, but he's not too hard on the eyes either. You've got the mountains to your left with the goreous seattle skyline just to the right of him. One of the best features of this park happens to be what makes this photo work so well. That would be the giant Tower of Lights for night skating! If you haven't checked it out, you owe it to yourself to swing by sometime! It has a huge playground for little ones with several things to keep the adults entertained as well! This particular shot of Miles was taken in the West Seattle Studio. Gridded beauty dish boomed above with a large softbox below for fill. Two strip lights on either side to emulate the large lights in the background that he was dropped in later. http://flic.kr/p/hsM6L9

Utlimate Results

A fun headshot session with my best friend and owner of Ultmate Results personal fitness training Corey Galusha. Working the clamshell lighting here with a beauty dish boomed overhead and a large softbox below for fill. To rim lights via ab800's through gridded stripboxes. Gridded light to his right and pointed behind for background light. http://flic.kr/p/hqyMvB

To Cool for Fall

I love the term, available light, whether it be sun, lamp, strobe, or otherwise. This one happens to be the sun bouncing off a rather large white building. The light is much more direct than cloudy natural light but softer than strobe. Once you become a photographer you spend all day "looking for light" whether you mean to or not! http://flic.kr/p/hnVnSv

She's a natural

I love the feel to this image taken a couple weeks back at Group Health in Olympia. The sun was just setting behind us and to the left. I used a cto(color transfer orange) gel on my main light to help balance the warm tones of the sun. The sun was only hitting the background to the right and, of course, outside. These shots are difficult to maintain as I had quite a few employees to get through and golden hour lasts, well, for an hour or less! I just kept adjusting my shutter speed as necessary which changes the ambient only and leaves the light from my strobe the same. Due to space restrictions I used only one key without a fill and a hair light camera left just behind the subject. http://flic.kr/p/hnj5Yx

Deep Blue

From a recent headshot session with a great family friend. Glad we could finally find some time to shoot together! Lit with a beauty dish above and silver reflector below the subject. Two rim lights through stripboxes to really make the hair shine! http://flic.kr/p/hmn62N

The Boarder insisde

Epic shot of my friend/photographer Miles. It's rare as a photographer that your favorite photos are inline with each others but I have to admit his picks are pretty dang close to mine! Love the shadows in this shot. This one was lit with a couple gridded stripboxes on either side and slightly behind Miles. Gridded Beauty dish was placed directly above his head. Lastly, an x800 to his right and pointed the background with a 40 degree grid for the background. I love the pattern from the gridded stripbox camera right. http://flic.kr/p/hkimvX

Clamshell selfie

Just finished setting up the studio for a possible shoot this afternoon. Normally I just use a reflector for fill, however, I took advantage of an extra light and large softbox I wasn't using this time. Gridded beauty dish boomed overhead with 64" softbox for fill underneath. Rim's provided by two gridded strip boxes camera left and right behind myself. Finished up with a gridded reflector attached to my x800 camera right for the background light. http://flic.kr/p/hjGyNc

Towards the Light

It's been a while since I've posted images because I've been so busy but that doesn't mean I haven't been taking them! Here's a fun Photoshop edit of David in between children at a school shoot. Playing around with some lighting effects (render lighting) and atmospherics fog(render clouds) with a touch of lens flare (render lens flare) Simple tools put to good use with a layers mask and a few tricks, compliments of Aaron Nace from Phlearn! Lit with a single x3200 super high and camera left with a grid to tighten the beam of the light. It was a long exposure to let the ambient light from the light fixtures in and worked well since David Jumped during the exposure. His transparency is not Photoshopped. http://flic.kr/p/hjmZjX

Before into the Light

Here's the before shot. You can see his leg and parts of head are transparent due to the longer exposure. http://flic.kr/p/hjkYiS

Real_Smiles

A couple of my favorite dudes! Love these guys and glad we could get some real smiles! Thanks for helping me test out my new grid for my beauty dish. A tiny investement on a huge amount of control of light! Simple enough setup.... Beauty dish above and reflector below for fill. Just a hint of background light on the black paper behind them! http://flic.kr/p/h1haef

Centered-

Here's a fun shot of David at the school we were photographing student portraits at. Lit with a single 64" PLM (Huge silver umbrella) directly behind me. I love the way the light falls off to the edges. I would have loved to have added a little hair light but the wide angle didn't really allow for one to not be in the frame. It was shot at 17mm on a full frame. The more I think about it the more I wish I would have used the giant spot light behind him and the camera right and pointed it at him while placing a strobe in front of it. This way I would have an excuse to have a light in the photograph! If stage lights were on it would have really added as well but I didn't want to go poking around the school when we were really just there to photograph the children. Thanks David! http://flic.kr/p/gNsmxQ

Beautiful Blues-

www.nakean.com Another Headshot of Rene Bibaud. Love her smile and those blue eyes! When she's not jumping rope and performing she's either teaching other children and adults to jump like the world class athelete she is or she's updateing her blog with information on how to jump. Check it out at www.learntojumprope.com this was lit with Einstein 640 through a beauty dish boomed overhead and two ab800's through stripboxes on either side. It was shot at 150mm at f9. WIth the longer lens even f9 gives a more shalow depth of field and helps to create a more realistic and almost 3 dimensional feel. Just white background with no light on it which fades to a nice grey. This also makes it fairly easy to cut out if needed. http://flic.kr/p/gMJLoD

Chicago

Don't be afraid to shoot at high ISO with today's(or yesterdays) DSLRs! Today during a lull in our day I had an itch to take a portrait that didn't involve forcing a highschool student to smile and take a yearbook image. Thanks David! This photograph was taken at iso 1250 at f4 to use as much ambient light from the sign as possible. This all on the older 5DmkII. Still a wonderful portrait camera! The signs lights help illuminate David's hair and separate him from the background. I also used a gridded light through an 8 inch reflector High above the subject to give that stage lighting presence. I tried to ad just a bit of rim to the camera right side of davide with the a large plm wihtout drawing attention to the light itslef. http://flic.kr/p/gKz2hk

Leading Lines

An image a couple definitely in love! I love the leading lines of the bridge in this image. They draw your eye right to the couples embrace. It was an overcast day which was great for lighting but challenging to keep the background bright enough. Shadow recovery to the rescue with Lightroom! Photographed with Large Octabox boomed overhead with Einstein 640. http://flic.kr/p/gH4Lw9

Trails of Happiness

Another favorite of a sweet couple at the Arboretum. There's so much that I love about this image and had to share with them and everyone else! I'm back to an old workflow which includes sharpening the image before retouching. I think it does wonders to keep skin looking like skin. I'll post a video soon showing the before and after retouches and why the small digital image doesn't do this portrait justice. www.nakean.com http://flic.kr/p/gARgCp

We did it!

The ladies showing their mad ups after the weight of the wedding ceremony was lifted from everyones' shoulders. I don't know how Holly managed to get that high with a dress that heavy and that form fitting! Thanks girls for being so awesome and helping me have fun on your special day! Lit with single large Octabox just boomed over my head while I lay on the ground to snap this image. Miles keep an eye on that boom for me my man! http://flic.kr/p/gqWK4Q

Alki and Juliet

Love this shot of Juliet at Alki beach. This was our last stop before shooting indoors at the studio for her senior portrait session. The rain ensued 60 seconds after this image was captured. I love shooting wide open with nice soft light! It really helps to sell a natural looking photograph. Lit with Einstein 640 through a large softbox camera right and feathered in front of Juliet. Shot at f2.8 around 130mm. www.nakean.com http://flic.kr/p/gnHa2f

Beautiful Boy

Sure wish I got to see this face every morning! Working early hours makes it impossible but on the day when I do, I can't help but smile ear to ear! Morning everyone and Happy Friday! Lit with a large octobox boomed overhead and two strip boxes lighting the seamless background. http://flic.kr/p/gn7vzi

Ellen n Maya

Love these two beautiful ladies! Thanks for such a fun shoot! Not many mothers and daughters can both do the splits! Yeah, you read correctly, both took a photo doing the splits (posting soon) in the studio! Even more than myself, my son adores these awesome women and really perks up anytime they come to visit! Thanks for being part of our lives and including me in so much of yours as I enjoy capturing every moment! Lit with Einstein through large Octabox Camera right with silver reflector camera left. Two ab800's through Strip boxes on either side behind subjects and ab800 on almost no power behind for background light/separation. http://flic.kr/p/gmue44

Ropeworks Owner

Meet my Partner Rene. World Renown Jumproper extraordinaire! This woman can get a 3 year to do double dutch, She holds world records for speed jumping, but mostly, she just makes jumping rope look easy. It's anything but, however, she manages to pull off the most difficult of tricks with this exact smile on her face! That's show"woman"ship! Check out her blog at www.Learntojumprope.com This was lit with a single beauty dish boomed overhead with Einstein 640. Fill is with a large silver reflector below. No background light or rim lights. Background is a white seamless and I just love how it's a nice gradient grey. It's also great to have a strobe which allows you to shoot at 2.8 as this photo is. http://flic.kr/p/gieBSr

Ooh baby

Man how this kid grows!! Mom got him dressed this morning and he looked so much older to me for some reason. I had to take a photo in order to try and freeze his ever increasing aging! Stop growing little man!!! He brings a smile to my face every time I see him. This was lit with a large octabox boomed over the camera with two strip lights to light the background. I almost never use my white background but I think it's time to bring it back. http://flic.kr/p/ggKQMr

Enchanting

With the weather the way it's been the last few days, I'm so happy to have a space to photograph indoors! It's been a while since I photographed in the studio and I was glad my first time back was with some family friends. I was able to really try more setups with confidence, knowing I could change the power of all my lights (accept the background light) with a single controller right at the camera. This was in no means conventional lighting for this shot. The hair and the background were slightly lit by a beauty dish boomed directly overhead. The face was lit by a gridded and ND gelled b800 camera right and low to help fill in under the eyes. There were two strip boxes on either side of Maya and on the floor to light the bottom of the dress as well as give a slight glow to the forearms. I also used a floor fan to move the hair away from the face just a bit. If you don't have a fan yet and you shoot portraits,(particularly women) do yourself a favor and buy a small fan for hair! Great Job Maya! Proud to say that not a single person in portfolio is a Model! Email me if you'd like to look like one :) photos@nakean.com http://flic.kr/p/gfhNcX

Cool Blue

One of Christoph Mayr's picks from a while back at Bothel Landing Park. Gotta be one of my favorites as well! The sun was coming in pretty hot in this image and I was lucky enough to have another senior along for the shoot to hold a defuser panel and knock the sun down a bit. The Heavy lifting was done with an Einstein 640 through a large Octabox camera right. An AB800 was behind and camera left for rim and hair light. http://flic.kr/p/ge77Yp

Bridges of Love

Victor's pic of the session with Yesica at the Arboretum. Been incredibly busy with other work and was excited to get to this image and add some finishing touches. This particular day was very cloudy with a few moments of sunshine peaking through. Using a large modifier really helped to mask the use of flash and keeps the image a little more natural looking. Lit with a single Einstein 640. http://flic.kr/p/gcniha

Skyfall Kiss

Here's Yesica's pick from the shoot. The more I worked on the image the more I started to really fall in love with it myself! It's hard to have an objective view of your own work but if you can just take a step back and detach for moment, it helps to see more clearly! I worked hard to ensure I didn't overexpose the sky in this image but preserve the shadows in the trees behind them. Lightroom and Photoshop did the rest. Lit with a large Octabox and Einstein 640 camera left with large silver reflector camera right. I had a rim light setup on the left but not sure it's firing in this setup. Having a grid on your rim out in the field does wonders for eliminating flare but you have be dead on with your aim or you'll miss your subject completely! Still I think the Dodge and Burn tool which is in any version of photoshop is the most powerful tool I use on every image! Happy shooting! http://flic.kr/p/g85iRg