The Dark Queen and the Woodland Princess

I had not used an outdoor setting to do creative portraits very much until recently and it figures I would wait until it got cold out to start. Inspired by the creations of a truly masterful artist, I enlisted the help of two of my favorite subjects and set about traversing a woodsy area across the street from my home.

I immediately encountered two problems, one, it was cold and two I started about an hour too early to achieve the light I was looking for. Away from the comfort of my studio lights, I was utilizing a few speedlites to try to capture the look and feeling of the images I had in my head. By the time that light, I should say lack of light, presented itself we were all freezing and ready for some Hot Chocolate.

It was a great learning experience for me as far as light placement for direction, power and gel color. I guess I would add timing to that list as well. I was worried about running out of light and we had just the opposite to deal with. In the woods no less. Go figure. Once spring arrives we will give it another go, unless of course I find subjects as crazy as I am over the next few months that love to play in a little snow. There is still one image I am after that has a snowy setting so we shall see.

And even though my vision didn’t come to fruition, we did obtain some really cool stuff to build upon for future endeavors.

A few individual captures