Practicing photography – Ring Light

I wanted to try something a little different for a head-shot of me that I will use on the web later on this year.  I’ve had a ring light adapter for my flash for a long time but never really had the chance to learn how to use it and how the subject should pose.

With it raining outside, Ellie and I got right down to business.  She placed the freshly charged batteries in the flash and I went to get the tripod.  My idea was to set the camera up and with the timer just take a few pictures of myself to see the differences with my position and the camera’s position.  Ellie didn’t want to use the timer; she wanted to be the one taking the pictures.  We than took turns taking pictures of each other and every so often I was able to turn the timer on and get both of us together in the shot.