You will know that I like to use studio strobes in my sessions if you have been following this blog. However that is not all I will use, especially when I can given a challenge. That happened at the end of 2022 when Devon asked if I wanted to do a shoot using Christmas light. Of course I said yes and we set up a time.

Devon is very creative. When she arrived, she had created a dress that had the lights built into it. I knew we were going to have a great session.

We started very simply with only the lights for her dress and a candle lighting the scene. I love using candles as they produce a very lovely light. However they don’t let off a lot of light and therefore a longer exposure was needed.  We also needed to crank up the ISO

We then decided to get a little more complicated.  

I set up two c-stands arms. One in front and one behind Devon on which I hung lights. This enabled me to create depth in the images. 

For the final shot I brought in a LED hula hoop that I had Devon hold. As this was going to be a longer exposure I also set up a flash to fire at the end of the exposure. This meant that I would get a sharp image of Devon as well as the effect of the lights. 

It was a fun shoot and we both loved the images that came out of it.