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Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead)

More from my Sugar Skull makeup shoot. I tried shooting a few shots with a narrow depth of field using a Singh Ray Vari Neutral Density 8 stop filter

 

Model - Kenisha

Makeup Artist - Marina Reinoso

Hair Stylist - Teeny Does Hair

 

Strobist Info:

 

Camera Settings - Nikon D3s with Nikkor 85mm f/1.4g lens and Singh Ray Vari Neutral Density 8 stop filter, Aperture f/1.4, Shutter Speed 200, ISO 100

 

Main Light - AlienBee 800 at 1/4 power with 22 inch white Kacey beauty dish boomed overhead on axis

Fill Light - AlienBee 800 at 1/4 power shot into 10 x 36 inch stripbox with grid placed at model’s lap for clamshell lighting

Hairlight - AlienBee 1600 with 30 degree grid on axis at 1/8 power 45 degrees behind model camera right

 

Strobes triggered remotely using PocketWizard MiniTT1 transmitter and FlextTT5

 

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Uploaded on October 30, 2014
Taken on October 18, 2014