Shadow works

When there is a light, there is the shadow. Shadow, which often defined as negative, but without it, positive lost its meaning. The balance between light and shadow is a study of many photographers' life time work, at least it is to me.

This picture, shot quite recently, with Canon 1Ds MK3 and EF 85/1.2L, is one of the example. I went on a very high key approach, wanted to blend the very fair skin Caucasian model, Dasha, into the background and to create a sense of motion, I have her jump and swing her head to create the hair movement, to result the picture presented here, a quite subtle approach and somewhat more focus on the dress she is wearing, the subject.

The shadow, which is very subtle, but just enough to present the sense of space, dimension and contrast to the entire presentation of comfortable, soft and light.