Penning Photography Daily

Matt & Monica, Cora & Layla Franklin

I took my portable studio setup out to my niece Monica’s today to take some photos of Layla. I ended up taking the whole family and Cora & Layla’s Auntie Em as well.

We had a fun session together, even though Layla was working on getting new teeth and had parent cling. =)

I learned a bunch and had a ball doing it.

My setup is just a black king-sized sheet held up with four hand clamps to two “3rd Hand” poles which are friction fit from floor to ceiling. I’ll take a photo fo the setup someday. I was using my Vivitar 285 flash, fired with a Cactus V2 wireless trigger. I mostly used 1/4 and 1/2 power. The flash was shooting into a Wescott shoot-through umbrella which I moved up and down and in and out. I also had a white reflector taped to a tripod for fill.

I love families, especially my own!

Thanks Monica & Matt and Em for the fun we had together!