Light: For Fashion, A Friend or Faux

When taking pictures, lighting is the constant tease. The angles, the challenge, the drama- oh, the drama! After attending a fashion show last weekend, I found it to be one of the hardest lighting tests yet. My lack of ring flash was not making it any easier! It didn't seem to matter that the models were standing basically still and became especially difficult to shoot throughout their subtle movements from spotlight, to slight turn, to dark back drop, to fading out of view from the runway.

I much prefer catching light when it is more 'photogenic'. This second picture was taken to essay changes in the color-enhanced scenery still soaked from a torrential downpour that had already relocated. The light still existent just before dusk worked into the frame as an extra silhouette. To me, this added feature takes on a larger role in the picture. Like a new character written into a sitcom, the scene's dynamic completely changes.