It can be tough to shoot outdoor portraits in Alaska, simply because the winter season dominates the year and shooting in studio is hard to beat for convenience. This summer I actually managed to leave the comforts of my studio and take my photo gear outside.
Camera was a Sony A7R with the Sony 100mm f2.8 STF OSS lens. This lens is amazing in that it can create a totally smooth bokeh. Normally light coming through trees can look very harsh, but this lens counters that very well.
This was lit with a single elinchrom ELB400 with a 69" Elinchrom Rotalux softbox. Because the sun was completely set for this photo, this could have easily been done with a photek softlighter and a single speedlight, as there was not much daylight left to fight.
Here's Cat trying out my lighting setup(she's historically a natural light shooter). And of course shoutout to Raymond Chapman from 
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