Photoshoot 1 with Maggie and Mike (and Armin and Erin J)

Tonight I was hanging out with Armin and Erin J as we played with light (that is what photography is all about after all anyway, right?) as we took some photos of Maggie and Mike. We met up in Tysons Corner and trekked to a couple different locations. Armin and I will also be shooting a portrait/lifestyle session with them later this week, I'll be sure to post those pictures this weekend, they should be pretty good, we'll be in old Leesburg. These are just some of my favorites from the day, the rest are available for your viewing at noahhayes.net!

The 'crew' at Chili's in Tysons grabbing some grub waiting for the light to begin to fade into the horizon... (when the sun is really low in the sky you get a really nice tone to the light)

Maggie posing in front of the painted American flah outside of Chilis

Armin going for different angles for the shot

Erin J and Armin shooting Maggie from both sides

Shooting into the sun, using it for a really nice backlight

Once it started getting dark we pulled out our flashes and got a little "creative"...I think Maggie was frustrated...LOL

After dark we used a continuous light to get some nice warm (color, not heat) light

Armin pulled a Jet Li pose while we played around with high-speed sync flash, a la Nikon SB-800 and Pocket Wizards...sorry Armin no Canon flashes were harmed in the making of this shot :)

These two are gonna take crime into their own hands...literally, he's a cop and she just graduated with a degree in criminal justice! Watch out!

More fun with high-speed sync...well at least I had fun taking it!

Armin had an idea to use his car's headlights as a way to illuminate the "model", I think it worked out well...

Hope you enjoyed the images, there's a few more on noahhayes.net! Also I'll be heading down to VT for graduation this weekend, so I may not get a chance to post anything until I get back, but rest assured that by Mon/Tues next week you'll see a couple more posts up here.