Austin Fashion Week 2011, AZIZ Salon Rooftop – Austin, Texas
Sometimes it all falls into place. I shot this photograph about a year ago at the 2011 AZIZ rooftop event during Austin Fashion Week. My recent posting on the 2012 AZIZ grand opening reminded me of this image and I dug it out of my archives. As I recall, it was a very hot day and being on top of a roof didn’t help. The fashion show was delayed somewhat and the timing couldn’t have been more perfect. The sun was setting and I captured the model against these pastel clouds in between the Austin skyscrapers. The peak sunset color only lasts for a few minutes and the fashion show just happen to coincide.
Here is the way I shot it. To get the saturated, colorful background, I dropped the exposure compensation down 2/3 of a stop. When you make the exposure darker, colors usually increases in saturation. To make the foreground and the model brighter, and to offset the negative exposure compensation, I used my external flash. It is a good technique to use, especially if you have adequate flash power to illuminate the subject but want to bring out the color in the background.
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