Tonight’s session was at the home of John and Norma, or Besta and Mormor as Erika Newman knows them. They are Erika’s next-door neighbors and with Erika’s family being primarily located in the South, have also been her local grandparents.
John, Norma Erika has previously done a Sears portrait session, but John’s mobility is an issue these days so I went to their quaint home in Greenwood with a couple of lights and my D200.
The area behind John’s chair is the entryway to their house and not particularly flattering. I worked with a 43″ shoot-thru umbrella to camera left to light John and use a snooted strobe to camera right to light Norma. I like this look for knocking the background down several stops.
I won’t go into all of the details, but in an unexpected turn of events and with a great deal of luck I was able to get Erika to stop crying due to being seriously over-tired, likely hungry and not too happy that my daughter was hoarding her Ariel doll. My window wound up being about 10 frames of her in a good state.
