7:40pm... I composed the scene roughly the way I wanted with Haley blocking the sunset and God providing sun rays that illuminated the sky. Aperture Priority would expose for the overall scene but I wanted Haley " left in the dark " so I dialed down the EV -1 which would bring down the exposure for the brilliant sky and leave Haley in the dark........just what I wanted. White Balance is set on cloudy for a touch of warmth. The first of four SB-800's (the MASTER) is on the D2H hotshoe and is dialed down -3. Only a fair amount of light hits Haley. The background is faintly lit by the setting sun, just enough to separate Haley's lower body from the background.

  7:43pm... I placed the next SB-800 on a "Justin Clamp" and attached it to a Bogen Lightstand to the side about 4 feet away from Haley's face. Haley is 5' 10" tall...the Speedlight is about one foot higher. With the Nikon SB-800 Speedlight system I can divide the remote flash units into 3 groups and control the flash output independently for each group. This Speedlight is group A and I set its power output at 0 (full power) and took a shot and looked at the LCD Screen....not enough light so I dialed up the group A SB-800 directly from the MASTER SB-800 to +1 looked.....still not enough light so I dialed up again to +2 and looked on the LCD screen....Perfect!. The amazing thing about these units is I can dial the power up or down on each SB-800 from the MASTER SB-800 on the camera. No running around from light to light and with the sun setting quickly and the sky changing with every second I could not afford to waste time. The MASTER SB-800 on the camera triggers the independent SB-800's and allows me to control the flash output all from my position behind the camera.

7:47pm... The sun is setting fast and the sky is changing every few seconds. I want to see more of Haley's hands and racquet so I placed another SB-800 (designated group B on the MASTER) on the same Lightstand as the group A SB-800. It is level with her hands and tipped up slightly to illuminate not only her hands and racquet but fill in under her chin...a "glamor light" effect. I set the flash output at +2 took a shot and looked....too much light so I dialed down the power to +1...still too much so I dialed down again to +0.7...perfect. Because this SB-800 is set on group B I can independently adjust the flash output from the SB-800 on her face and vise-verse.

  7:50pm Ten minutes into the shoot. YES, just 10 minutes! The sun is setting and clouds are changing fast..........One more light to take away the deep shadow on Haley's face should do it. I placed another SB-800 (designated group C on the MASTER) on another lightstand about 4 feet away from Haley's left elbow. I tilted it up so as to illuminate both her left arm and left side of her face. From the MASTER I started at 0 (full power) and dialed down to -.3 and looked, too bright...dialed down -1 and looked, still too bright...dialed down -1.7 and liked it. It is now 7:55pm and I think I am done. Unfortunately the sky had changed enough to reveal hot spots that are distracting to me. I like the light on Haley but the sky is less than perfect.......so we wait for a few minutes and the clouds to my left begin turning a burnt yellow....so.....