That's sort of my catch phrase that Jim Deitchler dug up a couple of blog posts ago. The importance of being up early is that 1) There are fewer distractions. 2) You get the best light of the day as the earth wakes up for another go at it. 3) Three Stooges fans can usually catch re-runs on cable that early in the morning.
The photo below is of Elle, a student in the last Digital Photo Safari Class held here at Madhaus Gallery (www.madhausgallery) last January in Winterset. It is a very simple photo, which is usually the best. Since she has a winning smile and that blonde hair, high key was the best route to go with light. Find a little backlight, make sure the background is simple and pretty much eliminated by f 2.8 and a 200mm zoom on the telephoto lens. All that was left was to have someone hold a reflector up to fill the shadows and there you have it, a nice winter portrait.
Below you see a friend holding up a reflector while I was taping some video for a sequence of my old cable televsion show. I was cancelled for Three Stooges re-runs. Have a great Saturday.
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