Padre y Madre of the In-Law Variety

So, I was able to sucker my Mother-in-law, Father-in-law, and their dog into being my first strobist subjects. Well, the dog was much easier to convince. . . only because the in-laws weren't too amused by me holding treats telling them to stay.

I set up 2 SB600's with shoot through umbrellas on either side of the camera. We shot this in their backyard around 2 pm on a 95 degree day. It was hot and we had to deal with the sun. I metered for the background first. Once I had the background the way I liked it, I used the Nikon CLS system to remotely fire the flashes. Even though the flash on camera right was getting hit with direct sunlight, the CLS system worked flawlessly. The sun started to poke through an opening in the tree canopy above and caused the over exposure on their heads. But, since I only took 6 shots I had to choose the one I liked best. This was it.