I have had the honor to hang out with Lou Wainman over the last two weeks. Lou is a very shy individual to say the least so it was pretty difficult to get Lou to let me grab a shot of him. I finally was able to make it happen tonight. He was out riding (missed a session for this, but well worth it), while I had all my gear setup and ready to take the shot as soon as he came in. I had Lou for enough time to push the trigger about 6 times before he was over it. It was a great experience getting to learn from Lou, and it was even better to learn to work under a lot of pressure.
Strobist Info: I shot this with a 430EX to the left side of the subject (camera left) at 1/2 power at a 35-40 degree angle. I like how the strobe lights the kite bag, board and top half of the subject, but leaves the lower half in darkness. It easily allows the eye to travel from the lower left of the picture to the upper right. A little more light on the right of the subjects face would have been nice but with the couple minutes i had to work with i am happy with the results.
Lou also left me with one of his new Wainman Hawaii kites. I can’t wait to get out on the water with it : Update coming soon.
