After a fair old trek down a hill, we found a stream bed that had some interesting sections of rocks and trees that would work well for the first set-up of the shoot. I have recently bought a set of portable speedlites and light stands, to give some more flexibility to my work. Which I lugged down the hill. Being close to sunset, the light was starting to drop off. This made for some beautiful, soft, natural light, but also pushed my camera hard. I initially set up a single flashhead, but in my rush to get things done before losing the light, I completely mind melted and forget the basic rules of using flash outdoors. Instead of exposing for the natural light and then using the flash to fill in the subject, I decided I was working in a studio and shut out all of the natural light, so that my flash was all you would see. Needless to say, this didn’t work and I quickly abandoned the idea as my brain couldn’t compute what I was doing wrong. I am still learning with these set-ups, but that was a definite knock my head against the wall moment.