04 Breathless

Simon Boucher-Harris, Guernsey

For this shot I lit model Nikki Hafter using an Elinchrom Quadra with an octabox. The camera was to her left and there was diffused window light falling from the right. I deliberately left half of her face out of shot to add an element of mystery to the portrait, and the light gave a really soft, evocative look to the final shot, which suits Nikki’s white-blonde hair. Nikon D800, Nikon 85mm f/1.8D AF, 1/100 sec, f/1.8, ISO200