Its been a while since I updated the blog. The seasonal family photo rush finally came to a close and I put the camera down for a month. It was a nice break, but I was excited to get back into it with a family photo shoot this weekend.  I love it when someone comes to me with an idea for a photo and I have to figure out how to materialize it. Katy contacted me about a month ago with the idea of getting a shot of her son in front of her husband’s Marine Cover. We were both visualizing the shoot with her son in the foreground and directional light on both him and the cover, which would be in the background.  This lighting setup required the use of a light modifier that I did not own, so I had to postpone the shoot so I could order it. It’s called an egg crate, and I guess the only way to explain it is that it’s a honeycomb looking piece of material that fits over your strobe. The purpose of it is to keep the spread of light contained in a specific area. This allowed me to put the light from my strobe on him, and then the light from a second strobe on the cover. I had Katy’s daughter stand in for a couple of “test’ shots while I was working with the lighting. I actually really like one of the photos of her! She crouched down and gave me this perfect little smile. I guess you never know when you take a test shot that you end up liking…