I love the color red in photographs, so if there’s a chance to use it then I’m all over it. This model was working with me last night on a shoot and I offered to take a portrait for her to use on Facebook as a token of my appreciation for her time. It was going to be just a simple shot, but when I saw the red hat she had in her bag I knew I wanted it to be in the shot so I asked if she would keep it on (she initially didn’t want to wear it). While there’s nothing special about this shot from a composition standpoint, it is a great portrait that I think is made even better thanks to the splash of color added by the hat.
I shot this portrait using a Canon 5D Mark II and a Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 Macro USM lens at f/9 and 1/200 sec at ISO 100. I was using two Canon 580EX II’s shot wirelessly with a Canon ST-E2 wireless trigger (via a package like this) shot through two Westcott 43" Optical White Satin Collapsible Umbrella's in a clamshell style configuration (which I first learned about in Joe McNally’s book The Moment it Clicks).
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