lesson 1

Well here is my first shoot taken about 3 days after the class.

here I employed lesson one - establish main light first.  Typically the way 

I've shot before in an outdoor situation w/ over cast even light = shooting available light with maybe a touch of fill but problably not.  Here I ran my monolight out with extension cords

slapped my medium softbox and moved that sucker close.  Feathered it a bit and

focused on the subjects,  11 person family, 3 generations and a lot of love.

The lighting worked best the smaller the groups to be sure, inserted are two images

one with available light and then with dominant additional lighting.  I like the latter better.

let me know you thoughts

Chris