Here’s a quick “behind-the-scenes” photo of a pasta shoot I did this afternoon. My main light was diffused window-light, with some fill light from a Nikon SB-800 speed-light to the left, softened with a shoot-thru umbrella. I also used a large silver reflector to bounce some of the light in to fill the background. I used a PocketWizards to fire the speedlight, but removed the one from my 7D to capture the BTS image.

Here’s a quick “behind-the-scenes” photo of a pasta shoot I did this afternoon. My main light was diffused window-light, with some fill light from a Nikon SB-800 speed-light to the left, softened with a shoot-thru umbrella. I also used a large silver reflector to bounce some of the light in to fill the background. I used a PocketWizards to fire the speedlight, but removed the one from my 7D to capture the BTS image.

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9 Comments

  1. gservo December 2, 2009 at 4:33 pm - Reply

    wow, this is a lesson all in one pic

  2. Karen Johnson December 2, 2009 at 4:33 pm - Reply

    I would love to see more behind-the-scenes. This one was great!

  3. AlexD December 2, 2009 at 5:27 pm - Reply

    Thanks for this lightning fast tutorial !

  4. Kevin Pepin December 2, 2009 at 5:50 pm - Reply

    Intended or not, it’s a great lesson. I would love to see more behind the scenes stuff. A photo of the setup, brief description, that’s all that’s needed! Brilliant!

  5. Thomas Emmerich December 2, 2009 at 7:44 pm - Reply

    The resulting inset photo sure makes me hungry. I think you accomplished your mission.

  6. Vincent December 2, 2009 at 8:43 pm - Reply

    Stunning!
    Yum Yum!

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