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Had a great day today with my nieces and nephew at the beach. It was totally overcast and there was a lot of mist in the air, which made it a little tricky, but overall…it was a very fun and awesome day! 🙂 
I love this!! the lighting looks so great and natural. is she holding a flash off camera left?
Michael, what lens did you use for this? Thanks.
All the clues are there! I like doing these little shots to teach a lesson to the observant eye. The lens is a 70-200 2.8 IS. Say…whats that on top of my camera?
Very nice shot Michael… You have a wireless transmitter on top of your camera and your oldest niece is holding one of your 580s. Came out awesome…!
Looks like a ST-E2 transmitter and you are using ETTL2 (are you using metered flash?). I would have never known but learned this from your Speedlite Crash Course DVD. It’s cool that the ST-E2 can do metered and trigger a flash in manual mode. What is the max distance (line of sight) that one can get between using a ST-E2 with a Speedlite? (20ft?) thanks. =)
I have got to move near the water. You always get such great pictures on the shore.
Good Derrick! Perfect! It seems to be about 30 feet max
I REALLY love the lighting. I just might be a speedlite girl afterall 😉