Thanks for you're reply SharpShooter! I will print out you're method and study it and, practice, until I get it to work. I do have an SB-800 speedlight and several other lens like a 50mm 1.4, 18x140, & 28x300 but was thinking between the 50 and the 24x120 I should be set. The person that asked me to do the shoot said she also has a larger ring light (?) but has never used it but was hoping to with this shoot. Fortunately she is not planning this until the end of summer so I have ample time. Regarding you're photos, in the top one, I noticed a faint glow of light around the top and sides of her hair. I love this effect and really want to achieve it in addition to having the backdrop around the head slightly illuminated for another shot. Again, thanks and I hope this thread goes for awhile. I want to do the grandkids school pictures too.
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Thank you SharpShooter for starting this topic! You're pictures are great with the first one being absolutely stunning! Nice work. I am going to have an opportunity to do some portraits later this year and have started researching the topic so this thread couldn't have come at a better time. I don't have a clue yet about lighting, camera settings or composition. Any chance you could share how you're pictures were taken and the equipment that you used? I just got my new FF and I'm going nuts getting that set up. Everything I have taken so far has been under exposed. I shoot manual and have found I had the metering set to spot but with the highlight-weighted setting turned on. So I changed that and it has helped but something else still isn't right. My camera is a Nikon D750 with the 24-120 lens and it's a whole lot more complicated than my D300s.
Hi Shutterbug10, Looks like you are a little South and West of where we are staying so we are relatively close. So what are you thinking? My wife and I along with our daughter and her family are spending the week and looking for wildlife and landscape areas. What is you're email adress?
We will be in Yellowstone June 16-23 and am looking forward to exploring as much as we can. We are staying a little North of Gardiner and will probably start our expedition in Lamar Valley and Baretooth. I have no idea where these places are in relationship to you're campground.