One Light

So if you have been following my work the past month or so and paid attention to my shooting, specifically lighting technique you would of noticed I’ve been using just one light. I read a lot, not books, but blogs and just about any other information on photography I can soak up on this beautiful internet. I have recently been following Zack Arias who does amazing work, and for the most part sticks with one light for lighting his subjects. I have always been a fan of simplicity as well as the cost of one vs. lots. What I’m more stoked on is to be taking my first photography workshop this coming October with Zack, I have taught my self up until now, and hope to learn a lot from this. After signing up for this workshop I have been trying my take on the simple one light techniques at lighting photographs. While I have 3 speed lights all ready for wireless action, I have set 2 aside and worked on just one for the time being. Here is a recent, a friend of mine just finished chopping and painting his new bike, he rode it over and asked for a quick photo and five minutes later he rode off. Just a quick shot with one light up high and to the right of the camera, nothing amazing about the picture, just simple.