A stroll at sunset

I have always been a big fan of simplicity in my work. I frequently use natural light, and at the time of this shoot, in the spring of 2012, I was still recovering, to a degree, from a phase where I wound up with five strobes and used them all at once a lot of the time. The results never completely pleased me.

For this session, I wanted to try using a flash to supplement natural light. Normally, I like making the best use I can of natural light without strobes, but this was a beautiful sunset and to show it well and also show the model's face; I had to supplement. At the time, I had a (then) four year old Sony A350 with a Sony 50mm 1.4 lens. The supplemental light was from the "popup" flash; one of two or three times in about 500 shoots that I've used it. I actually really like the results though. The model is Mimi Martinez. As far as I know, she is retired from shooting.

Just as I tend toward simple lighting, the concepts tend not to be overly complex. "A walk in the woods" with clothing disappearing is all there is to it. :) The first image in the "story" is shot at; ƒ/3.5, 50.0 mm, 1/60, iso 100, Flash (on, fired)

The second image uses the same settings, and was actually taken 45 seconds before the one above. It just fit better in this order.

For the final shot presented here, the settings are ƒ/4.0, 50.0 mm, 1/60 ISO 100 Flash (on, fired) This was a mere three minutes later; since the sunset was fading fast, the whole set was very brief.

The session above was a couple days before the shoot which included the portrait featured here:
https://steemit.com/photography/@artofthenude/simple-beauty

Another sample of my art nude stories is the editorial shoot here:
https://steemit.com/artnude/@artofthenude/samples-from-the-car-shoot