Have you seen my Mommy?

I’m always looking to improve as a photographer, and you should too!  For me, that means breaking away for a spell from HDR, and trying something different.  I promised myself that, over the next year, I would make the time to learn as much as I could about off-camera lighting, and I would use the skills I developed to branch out into other areas of photography.  So, today, I asked one of my daughters if I could borrow her hair-styling doll so I could play around a bit with my strobes (another word for flash, for those who may not know).  I shot this particular image with my D700, my 70-200mm VR (at 200mm), an SB-900 positioned left of camera, and an SB-800 positioned behind the head as a rim light.  While this is my first attempt at this, I have to say I am pretty pleased with the initial results. The other thing I like is that I needed to do absolutely no post processing.  What a time saver it is to get the shot right in camera!  While I’m not giving up on HDR, for sure, this is going to be a great skill to develop and add to my arsenal!