This was a pretty hard shot to take — not only did it land in a street but the gap itself was pretty big, which made it hard to light, and it was starting to get a bit dark. My main concern was lighting Jeff Jackson up so that he wouldn’t get lost in the background, which was dark just like his hoodie — so I set one flash directly to the front side of him and one behind the bush at the bottom of the rail so he would pop. Then, to light up the foreground, I used my third flash. Unfortunately the space was limited because it was in the middle of a road and I was only using a speedlite, so it wasn’t as bright as I would have liked. After I got setup, Jeff laced this Frontside to Gap perfectly, with a grab out.— Nick Korompilas
I really like this shot; nice! Posted over to KILLHYPE… -B
http://killhype.com/news/2009/03/11/photo-journal-nick-korompilas-4-one/