My goal for this image was to achieve a fairly balanced subject exposure with the landscape background through the pergola. After locking in on my +1 EV ambient exposure, the exposure of the foliage wrapping the pergola naturally dropped well under my background exposure enhancing the contrast of the natural vegetative frame in the overall image. Lighting was a Yongnuo 560 ii in a 24”x24” softbox to camera left. A few rays of dappled sunlight peaked through the trees to add a few highlights to the final image as well.
The pose? Not so sure, perhaps her ‘tough cookie’ look? She was feeling under the weather at the time so our photography fun was cut short that day.