I recently had an opportunity to work with Brianne again, and as usual we cranked out some really fun images for her portfolio. We met up at Caumsett State Park in Lloyd's Neck, where the scenery always provides a lot of opportunity for a diverse set of images.

There are usually about two weekends each year I find you can really capitalize on the autumn foliage, so before we even started we knew we'd have to get one shot of her in the leaves. . . she brought a great compliment of clothing for a shot like this, so her face keeps us riveted with the contrast of the other colors - I love this shot.

With the white sweater off, we then went with a nice red top and selected an area nearby that wouldn't compete with her - the browns in the tall grasses were an obvious choice!

Special thanks to assistant Bryan on this one, who had to hold a large, heavy strobe just out of frame while we clicked off some keepers.

This shot was made with just the ambient light, though we also bounced some light back up into Brianne's eyes from below with a large, silver reflector. By concentrating just the available light there, that smile keeps our focus where we want it while the leaves and a dark-red brick wall behind her stay out of focus and don't compete with the final shot, but rather compliment it.

I also asked Brianne to bring an outfit that would have absolutely no place in an isolated field, and she went with this great evening dress. The idea here was to let the light we had outside, which was overcast and growing ever dark, drop off a bit as we filled in with a large strobe for Brianne. By keeping the soft, diffused strobe close to her, we were able to really let it wrap around her in this shot.

Again, my hat's off to Nikon's D700 - I love the colors it produces!

Thanks Brianne!