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Wuthering heights at Clevedon on sea. A wind swept Charlotte coped well with tide coming in and being blown about. I lit this shot with a couple of Broncolor Mobil heads.

We started the day in some secret woods where an old quarry rock face provided us with a unique and colourful background. I used a Bowens Wafer softbox on my Broncolor Mobil head as the key light. I then rigged a second Mobil head as a kick light before rigging a TTL Speedlight on a lighting stand to add a splash of light on the rocks.

Marko gave this picture a punchy look in post production. I lit what was a flat dull scene in order to bring it alive. 2 Mobil heads did the trick.

We had to make our own sunlight all day. That was the easy bit. I explained the process of setting the exposure, the flash location, direction, and power. There is plenty of room to develop your own lighting style when using this kit. We had total control of how punchy we made the pictures.

These woods are one of my favourite locations. Another Lovegrove key and kick lighting technique was used here. This degree of lighting intervention is right on the threshold where shots start to look lit rather than natural. 2/3rd a stop less key light and a 1/3rd bost in exposure would be all that is needed to make this shot look sunlit.

Full on back light and a dappled key gave this spot a look of its own. Just various shades of green made up this background on the edge of the woods. A serious wollop of flash brought the picture to life.

Charlotte loved the relative calm being out of the wind at ground level. The waves crashing on the rocks a few feet away provided a powerful soundtrack.

This shot was lit with an on camera Speedlight, zoomed in to 85mm

With a Mobil flash head on a stand the shot takes on a much more natural appearance.

We all had great fun capturing these last pictures of the day. I kept 28 of my shots and considering they were all lit without compromise I was very pleased indeed.