What do you do when its 40 degrees, middle of the day and the light is as harsh as a Jewish joke in a Synagogue?
Move your talent into a cool, clear stream and hand over a couple of grands worth of strobes to your more than willing VALS!
To nail this image I used 3 blokes, all positioned around (and almost under…below log camera left) the talent, all pointing strobes at various parts of the subject. Dialed in 320th to give the strobes a chance, fired a test shot to determine where the shadow areas were and moved the VALS accordingly. Then altered aperture till we got the money shot!!
Thanks to all the lads that stood both waist deep in water and braved a swarm of bee’s to get me this shot…very much appreciated. VALS, don’t leave home without them.
In all seriousness, this is one of my most favourite shots of 2009…the conditions were about as bad as they get and with a bit of thought I managed to pull this off. Love it when it all comes together!

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