Another "how I did it"

Another look into a different shot. This shot was one I did for the front of the Optimist back in December. Link HERE

The story was about DNA testing on pieces of evidence recovered from crime scenes. A lot of the Ident. lab was a lot like an office, with a lot of computers and other somewhat normal-looking stuff. So I found somewhere that I looked somewhat like a lab to use as a background. The shot was made using three different flashes, the first shot through an umbrella (top left) was used as the main light on Dave's face. The second, on the far right, was zoomed in to add a bit of highlight on the left side of his face. The last light was used zoomed as wide as possible to fill in the fume hood to keep the overall exposure even and have a bit of detail in the background. For these kind of illustrative shots, it always helps to have some flashes around. It was shot at f/8, ISO 100, 1/50th of a second at 16mm.