Winter has finally made its arrival in Southern California. Heavy rains, strong winds and large surf–and highs in the 50′s (brr!)–all offer a nice change of pace from our usual perfection.
The Nichols family was photographed late Sunday afternoon, just as the most recent storm was approaching. I really love shooting in this type of light–really low with dramatic texture in the clouds–but I knew with the strengthening storm we’d need to get this done quickly. It was the perfect situation for big, soft light, so I set up a single strobe in a 5-foot octodome.
The drawback to using the octodome is that, in strong winds–even with a sandbag–it pretty much turns into a kite. I managed to shoot many of these images with one foot on the bottom of the sand, holding it in place.
Nevertheless, the Nichols family hung in there through the cold and were absolutely great during the shoot!
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