One of the blogs I'm stalking is from San Fransisco photographer, Anna Kuperberg. Anna's eye is always fresh and exciting, so for me, its a huge source of inspiration. If you haven't checked out her portfolio yet, let this post guide the way my friend.... The image in this post reminds me of Hollywood! I was once one the set of the television series "Touched by an Angel" and I specifically remember a scene that was being filmed inside a limo with intentions to be at night, however it was 2pm. The car was moved into a warehouse and all ambient light was completely controlled. I was amazed how the technicians set up this shot to work. The car never moved with the exception of a few guys on either side outside pushing back and forth, to give the perception of movement. The real trick with achieving perceived movement was all in the light setup! They had boom poles with lights that they would swing from left to right, turning lights on and off and then resetting them and going through different sequences. They even had rear headlight boom lights that gave the perception of cars approaching... Anyway, it was way cool experience. I hope I gave you enough of a visual on the experience to begin to "see the Hollywood possibilities" with your creative lighting. Anna Kuperberg was seeing the Hollywood vision when she made this killer image... Anna Writes: This is Maya and Boris. Their wedding was at a lodge up near Lake Tahoe. The room had two windows, one of them is not in the photo (it's to the left). I had my assistant pull the window shade out from that window and hold the flash behind, pointing it through the shade. After a few experimental photos I was able to get these amazing diagonal stripes from the blinds. It looks like there is a car passing by or something. I remember how excited I was when I was doing this shot, and how thankful I was for digital, because I could tell the light was working! I would never have experimented like this with film. The client was very happy with the photo, too. The technical: I was using two Canon flashes, a 580 and 550. One was on my camera and the other was in the assistant's hand. I simply used my on-camera flash to trigger the other one. Anna's blogs here Anna's website here

 

Sweetness Anna! Your work is exceptionally motivating. One must not forget about TTL off camera flash exposure...Thanks for sending me this submission, I love it! Wanna read about another amazing TTL shot previously discussed on FF... Check this one out. It too is absolutely amazing! Please leave comments for Anna, I'm sure she would appreciate some FF love! Cheers! mateo