It’s been a while since I’ve shot a lit portrait. In Austin, I seemed to shoot quite a bit of them of local musicians, but today was the only the second time I had pulled my speedlights out of the bag since I started here about two months ago. My first assignment was to photograph a local home for an upcoming story previewing the Opera Illinois Yule Walk tour of homes. For the interior shots, I went 100-percent ambient because the house had large windows that created a very interesting ambiance in the home. I did pull the lights out of the trunk for portraits of the owners in order to throw a little more light on their faces. Here are couple of my favorites:
