Jessica - On location Fashion photography - Shot in a building under restoration - Milan, Italy

This fashion editorial image was shot in Milan, Italy. An acquaintance told me about this location and he got us into the building. We were not supposed to be here so we moved and shot as quiet and as quickly as we could. The building was in a state of disrepair and had "Stuff" laying about. I loved the glass door but If I exposed for the model, the glass would have been 100% a blow out, totally white with no detail, you would have seen the frame, but that would have been it. So I asked my crew to put the strobe together so I could use the strobe light to "Overpower" the sunlight coming from the huge glass windows. Do not think just having a strobe will fix all of your lighting problems... it will not. Adjusting the strobe position, how close/far the strobe is from the model, the strobe power setting, deciding on the quality of light you want from the strobe, what the ISO you set the camera to, what f stop you use and shutter speed all have to be considered and adjusted correctly. The term "Quality of light" is the range from very hard to very soft, in this image it is very soft light. Go here to see behind the scenes photos and how I shot it: stpvd.com/p17/28 Feel free to share.