Man, it's been a cold one here in Springfield, MO, right? I think the low for today is 0 degrees F, and it's supposed to be -6 tomorrow. It's just nuts! And what's even more nuts is that I did a shoot outside in this weather just a couple days ago. Yeah, two hours of shooting and the majority of it was spent braving the bitter snow and wind. I guess it really wasn't that bad, but it sure was cold. I'm not finished up with all of them, but here is a little teaser from the session that will go down in history as one of the most miserable and yet most fun shoots that I've ever done. I used to play with Brittany in the youth praise band at Second Baptist when I was in High School. She is super talented, and from what I've been told so is her soon to be, Smitty. He kept up with all the nerdy tech stuff that I was doing with my camera gear, and apparently he is one of those musicians who can pick up any instrument and be playing shows with it in a month. Makes me sick. Anyway, here you go. And! I can't forget to thank Corey Martin for being a clutch assistant for the day. Thanks, pal!

Strobist Info: Canon 580EX II left of camera zoomed to 70mm with a full cut of CTO and shot through a translucent umbrella. Fired by a PW MiniTT1 in the hot-shoe of my 7D with a PW FlexTT5 mounting my 580EX II in HyperSync mode, allowing me to shoot way faster than my sync speed of 1/250. I dialed in -1 EV in the camera to dim and saturate the background a bit, and then I think I had my flash +1/3 EV. Gotta love off camera TTL!