Shooting at Blackwall Reach on the Swan River on a sunny, summer's afternoon the light was the typical mottled, splotchy mixture that makes portrait photography near impossible.We unwrapped the diffuser part of the reflector and my assistant Martin stood in waist deep water to protect the subject. Its really the simplest thing ever. All you need is a tall, strong helper who doesn't mind getting a bit wet.
The image is a colour bleed through my sepia formula. Client is Cygnet bay Pearls; Model Phynia
You can learn techniques like these at UWA Extension's 'Portraits - Memories Forever' on Feb 11, 12 & 16 2012. $225
http://www.extension.uwa.edu.au/course/cc214
