Morning coffee with the dog, Devil's Den State Park, Arkansas

This was undoubtedly the best shot from this past weekend's shoot at Devil's Den State Park. Thanks goes to my wife for helping make this happen.

Young couple sitting on the porch of a rustic cabin in Devil's Den State Park, Arkansas drinking morning coffee with the dog.

For the photographers out there, the warm window light is not actually coming from inside the cabin. An SB600 and SB600 with two shoot-through umbrellas are camera left, both gelled with 1 CTO each to give it that warm tone. A tiny bit of the warm light made it's way to the deck chair and the male model, but not much. I would liked to have lit the couple more, but we were working fast. My wife literally saw them sitting there in this beautiful scene, and they were gracious enough to let us intrude for just 5 minutes into their vacation. We moved the lights from the next door cabin we had been shooting at, setup, shot, and moved out in five minutes.

All images are Copyright Terry Smith, 2009. All Rights Reserved.