76 MASTER GUIDE FOR GLAMOUR PHOTOGRAPHY
LEFT—We posed Jennifer directly under a streetlight and set the camera to ISO 1250. I first wanted her to look toward the camera with a lot of
attitude, but when I couldn’t get enough light into her eyes with the reflector (flash was out of the question here because it would be overpowering
and wouldn’t balance with the color of the streetlights), I told her to look up and past the streetlight. I love the dreamy, faraway look. It’s totally
different than what I had in mind, but sometimes that’s the creative process. RIGHT—The second image is more of a figure study with the same dreamy
look. We moved Jennifer slightly ahead of the streetlight to correctly light her profile and angled a 3x6-foot reflector back at her so the shadows
on her close side didn’t close up. When using this pose, it’s usually better to have your subject’s eyes closed.
This image was made with natural light and just a kiss of light from a strobe at^1 / 16 power. This was placed just out of the picture to camera left and
kept the right side of her face from going dark. The S pose, her expression, and the background create a mood of defiance.