Monday night I tried out a science experiment, and Jenny was kind enough to be the guinea pig.  I wasn't sure how to light her up properly, yet capture the Christmas lights behind her.  We tried some test shots that afternoon, and that evening we gave it a go.  Luckily it worked out great.  For some shots I used a diffused flash set to 1/16 power and for others I just used the colored Christmas lights in order to give her a pink or red glow.

Jenny was a pleasure to work with and I'm grateful for her willingness to take part in something that was completely experimental.  She has a great knack for posing, and hopefully I'll get her back in front of the camera for a daylight shoot.

Here is a sampling with 8 images from the shoot. The complete gallery can be seen at my site http://ronbork.dotphoto.com

For this shot I placed her right alongside a column of the gazebo that was striped with pink lights.  Because I had to use a tripod, this was the best spot to get a closeup head shot.

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I hated cutting her off at the shins, but there was a huge spotlight to the right, so I couldn't shoot any wider.  If I panned down, I would have lost part of the ceiling of lights, so I decided, "off with her feet!!"

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We were lucky that there was a bench sitting right next to this little tree that was lined with red lights.  We set up camp and took several shots from this spot.

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I didn't even have to give much direction for this shot.  That girl knows exactly what to do in front of a camera!

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It just so happened that as we were shooting, Santa flew by.  Who woulda thunk it?

© 2006 Ron Bork

© 2006 Ron Bork

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This is the gazeebo with the pink lit columns.  After taking this shot we took the one that is up at the top of this blog.

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