Shot with a Nikon D700 and 85mm f/1.4 lens.

Last year on this day, a mild spring evening, Randall was kinda enough to drive out to my hood for a few photos. We headed down to the parking lot in the beach and waited until all the cars cleared out before we began shooting. There were a few hoots and hollers from lingering folks, but nothing she couldn’t handle. This shot was done with a Nikon SB-800 on a travel tripod to Randall’s right, triggered with the Nikon CLS system in my D200. In the left shot, I find the reflecting lights in the water a bit distracting, though I like the effect. In the right shot, Randall pulled open the jacket to reveal the pattern without any prompting from me. This is what makes her an awesome model.

I tried to work elements from my brand new car (then a week old) into the shots, including using the headlights to light Randall. Those experiments failed, but this interior shot was a happy accident that I loved. The only lighting was from the overhead dome light.