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Originally uploaded by Luis Reyes.

This photo involves the technique of setting the camera white balance to incandescence which turns the daylight background to blue. A gel filter is then used with the flash that cancels out the white balance and makes the close objects properly white balanced. I read about this technique in a couple of places...a website that expounds on his lighting techniques and coincidentally a book I stumbled on at Kerrisdale Cameras and just had to purchase. I actually bought 3 books, a book on printing which is kind of obtuse (the printing process, not the book), a book on fashion photography in which I read about this technique and a book on portrait photography. I have nearly finished the fashion photography book and hope to start on the portrait book next. Maybe I am just postphoning the difficult one...printing how-tos but I have to bear down on this someday. I need to be able to consistently produce quality images from my inkjet printer.