Her hobby is fur trapping?

Very nice. The floor pattern + mirror combo is great.

Very nice. tHanks for bringing that cool picture to our attention!

Found your post from the Photocontests page. I dig the idea of using the cigarette lighter to illuminate the face. Cool stuff!

What is all that crap in the foreground of the second pic? Looks like you're shooting through weeds or something.

I saw this pic as an honorable mention in the portrait contest. It should have won. Anyhow, great work!

IMO you need to stick with the colors. The yellow/black contrast is great, gives the eye something to bounce around on; the green behind it looks good; sky looks OK. If you put it to black and white then

I agree. That second pic is great. I am trying to figure out how he lit the birds. It does not look like they were lit by the sun.

Also, this line from your post was really helpful for me: Unless you're Annie Leibovitz, group shots aren't so much about creating the most beautiful, dramatic light, as getting an even spread across the

Cool. Thanks for the reply. And you're right...with a modeling light, in full sun, you would probably not see the modeling light. I have not messed around with flashes in sunlight a whole lot yet. Here's

Whoa. Cool!

I love educational posts like this. How did you feather the light without a modeling lamp? Is it just from experience that you know how to position the beauty dish to feather it properly, or did you do

LOL! Well, hopefully there are thousands of others that are otherwise silent.

This is fantastic work. I'll be following your account from here on out. I get the attraction for ephemeral art. In the arts group that I run, we make wooden sculptures with the intent on burning them