Mistakes can pay off..

Mandy_Day02_375blgtg, originally uploaded by M.Prophet Photography.

I made a mistake that worked out beautifully.

First off, a little back story, Mandy is an awesome model / friend who flew in from New Hampshire to work with me on a portfolio development shoot.. Basically 2 days (back to back) of intense shooting to get a diverse set of photos, different outfits, locations and hair / make up.. it's an easy way to build a fresh modeling portfolio in a short period of time..

That being said, on Saturday, we headed down to the Breathless Boudoir studio to take advantage of the beautiful window light and then use the strobes for a fully different look.

I was shooting Mandy in this beautiful window light with one camera. We then moved on to shooting under studio lights.. at one point I grabbed the camera that had setings set up for the window light and took a shot and it came out beautifully!!

For tech savy folks.. the difference is huge,

studio light settings on camera: ISO 125 at f./7.1 and 1/160th of a second

window settings were ISO 640 at f./1.6 and 1/200th of a second..

so when I popped all the studio lights behind her with the window settings it just created this beautiful wash of blown out light and a bit of soft flare in front of the model..

and the photo turned out wonderfully, so I shot a few frames before moving on to the next set..

The point of all this? I would have NEVER thought to shoot with strobes at such a high ISO and low f./stop.. but it happened and opened my eyes to entirely new possibilities..