Day 15: Crystelle
I kept seeing this shot in my mind every time I walk out of the main conference room at work. I set up a gridded speedlight at the very top of a light stand (about 9' up) with the 25˚ grid in place. That turned out to be a much too wide spot, so I added the 45˚ to get to 16˚. There is also a second speedlight with a small round diffuser directly in front of her. I had it on three reams of paper to get it as high as possible without showing over the cubicle wall.
This one I will try again, and the next time I will describe my plan before I start shooting. I shot it at 200mm equivalent, and i'm probably 30 feet away, and there were people working between us, so I didn't want to shout out plans. This shot was overexposed so I had to dial it back and pull down the highlights.
I envisioned it with her facing the camera straight on, and looking flustered and wide eyed rather than angry. Next time there will be soft light on the front and a rim light to make her hair glow.