I have already posted some tasty images from this workshop, where I showed a comparison between bounce flash and video light.  In a way the Portland workshop felt like a continuation of the UK and Ireland workshops .. a great venue; a great group of people with genuine excitement for the material covered in the workshop, and it all just clicked in place for myself and everyone there.  

Aside from the images already shown in that post, here is another favourite image of one of our models, Crystal.  This was taken during the session in the early evening where we went outside, and used some of the found surfaces to bounce flash off.  The trick here is to find that combination of bouncable surface, a good background, and then to position your model so that the additional light from the flash adds to the final image.

What I like about this image is how the sign (and the reflection of the sign) outside the hotel creates a halo around Crystal.

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Here is the image without flash, and also a pull-back image to see what surface I bounced the flash off ..

I bounced the flash off the wall here to my left.   I bounced the flash ‘towards’ Crystal, and then of course had to use The Black Foamie Thing to flag the flash so that there is no direct flash on her.

Thank you to everyone who attended, and to our two models for making this a memorable day.  Stay in touch!