Do you cover my back?
Nature can be unpredictable. That’s why I try having a plan B, when I go to work away from the comfort zone of a studio, like when I arrange a workshop with birds of prey on an island.
Plan A was to shoot the birds I natural surroundings. Plan B was to shoot indoors with flash.
As it happened we did both. And what started as plan B turned out to result in some of the best pictures of the weekend.
The setup is simple. I used black velvet for the background. The light comes from two Canon Speedlight flashes. One equipped with a Honl Traveler Softbox from the left, and another behind at the right with an umbrella.
The falcon and the puppet were familiar with each other since birth, but reacted quite different in this new environment. I didn’t like this picture at first, but could not forget it either, and after a few days it became one of my favorites.
Awesome subjects, nice a simple light as well.