Night Portraits by day

I was recently asked to take someones portrait, however they had something specific in mind and it required a dark, night feel to it inorder to create the right vibe. The problem we had was that the person was only available during the day!

Anyway, unperturbed I set off to meet them at the local woodland armed with my Canon 7d, a 24-70mm f2.8 and an ND2 filter, along with the usual speedlights and stands.

We didnt have to go far into the woods to find a really good spot, and with it being midweek there was hardly anyone around - only a couple of dog walkers and some middle aged guys playing with RC aeroplanes :D

We got set up clearing a few dead branches and placing the speedlights and tripod etc.

After a few test shots I dialled down the ISO and metered to get a reading, set the camera to match the metered reading then added the ND 2 filter.

The result was a dark environment in daylight :)

Next the flashes were set up to fall on the subject with minimal fall off, and hey presto, we were up and running.