With the arrival of my new Elinchrom Ranger lights, Brigitte volunteered to pose for me. She has been asking for a while for me to take some photos of her in the outfits that she has made. The pink crochet hat in today’s photo is the latest of Brigitte’s creations.

Strobist information: Canon 5D Mark II, 85mm f/1.2 L II, Elinchrom Ranger AS Speed packs x2 with Ranger Free Lite A Flash heads Camera Right and Camera Left against a white 10′ x 24′ Impact Muslin backdrop.

It arrived! I received my new Elinchrom lighting equipment this past week. I asked Max to pose for a few shots and he was only to happy to oblige. He was a absolute joy to work with as he was fascinated by this new bright light that kept going off. It made for just a wonderful photo.

Strobist information: Canon 5D Mark II, 85mm f/1.2 L II, Elinchrom Ranger AS Speed packs x2 with Ranger Free Lite A Flash heads Camera Right and Camera Left against a white 10′ x 20′ Muslin backdrop.

Brigitte loves knitting and has created a number of beautiful outfits. However, living in the Cayman Islands she and Mimi do not have that many opportunities to wear the outfits. Nevertheless, every so often Mimi and her get together and model some of the new outfits so Brigitte can share her creations with family and friends. This Sunday was one of those days and I was enlisted as the photographer.

Strobist Information: Canon 5D Mark II, 85mm f/1.2L II, Indoors with natural light through a south facing window.

Yesterday I posted a photoshopped photo of Lee as Dorian Gray. Personally, when I view a finished product, I would also like to see what the photo looked like before. Accordingly, today I have posted the original, untouched, photo for you to see along side the finished product.

I hope you like it.

I couldn’t resist publishing this photo as I absolutely love Janet’s facial expression.

Strobist Information: Canon 5D Mark II, 85mm f/1.2L II, Inside with no flash at ISO 3200 with no noise reduction WOW!!.

For those that are familiar with my work you will recognize Janet. She and I have shot together and she has also graciously modeled.

Strobist Information: Canon 5D Mark II, 85mm f/1.2L II, Inside with no flash, ISO 1250.

Yesterday I posted a lovely photo of Lee and his wife. Lee was also kind enough to allow me to take a few photos of him.

One will quickly notice that today’s photo of Lee is very different from yesterday. Lee of course is not really weathered. The “look” is a result of the Topaz Adjust 3 filter being applied in Photoshop.

I only purchased the Topaz suite a week ago and this is really the first time that I have had any opportunity to play with it, but so far I am very impressed with it.

Strobist Information: Canon 5D Mark II, 85mm f/1.2L II, No flash, ISO 1600 with no noise reduction, Topaz Adjust 3.

There is nothing quite like resting in a hammock on the Seven Mile Beach in the Cayman Islands. I just love the colors in this photo.

Strobist Information: Canon 5D Mark II, 85mm f/1.2L, Natural Light.

This was taken during a walk on my lunch hour. It’s amazing the looks that you get when you are standing bent over a flower bush taking pictures in the middle of the day.

Strobist Information: Canon 5D Mark II, 85mm, Natural light.

This photo was taken shortly after the ceremony as the Newlyweds took a few moments to relax on the beach and enjoy the moment. Simone and Pierre both looked absolutely radiant and extremely happy together. I wish them all the best.

Strobist Information: Canon 5D Mark II, 85mm f/1.2L, Flash – 580 EX II, Gary Fong Diffuser.