Hi there,

Today I decided to pull back the camera from the face and see how much room I had in my small office with an 85mm lens. I also attached the ring flash to the C stand and placed it close to Oisin’s head at a 45 degree angle. The ring flash is very portable and folds up to fit into your pocket so it was great to see that it was a great light source.

The backlight is a speedlite on the ground facing upwards. It has a bounce reflector on it so the light throws a little wider.

It’s difficult to get a 7yr old to pose like an adult, and interestingly he started out the earlier shoots coming in smiling, as he sees me holding the camera.

Now he comes in to the office with this faux attitude. He has quite taken with this moody look that I have embedded into him and which I fear may come back to bite me in a few years!

His younger sister is every bit a four year, giving me a 100 looks a minute. To keep her focussed, I ask her to swing her hair from side to side which she loves doing. I prefocussed and reduced the shutter speed to 15th of a second to try and catch some movement. I had photographed Saoirse with her hair at full speed last week so I wanted to see what it was like to slow it down.