At the end of the studio session Johemiane expressed a desire to get some shots outside. So we all moved out the an old swing that we have hanging in an apple tree.

I grabbed by Nikon Z6ii as the other camera was still tethered. Wow you’re shooting and a natural light as it was 6 pm I was not getting the results I wanted. Shooting in aperture priority mode the Shutter speed was falling to 1/15 of a second. While in-body stabilisation makes it possible to handhold at such slow shutter speeds, it does mean that you will never get a sharp image when your subject is moving.

I went back inside. I grabbed the Godox V1 speedlight in the 65 cm octabox. Then, I positioned it camera left. I was still shooting using Aperture Priority with the flash set on manual at a very low power. This meant that it complemented the natural light rather than overpowered it.

The images were an extra bonus to a great day of shooting. Johemiane was a great model. You can find her on Instagram @Johemiane.