Red riding hood behind tree
NIKON D750
Aperture 16/5 ISO 800 Shutter 1/250 Focal Length 200/1 
Son en Breugel, Noord-Brabant, NL
Dec, 2019Views
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Location
The photo was taken in the woods close to my home-studio. To be precise, Joe Man in the city Best at The Netherlands.Time
The photo was taken in March in the afternoon around 16:30u. Is was one of the few days which was warmer then usual. We still wore a coat, but my model was dressed that warm, that we easily could take pictures without a coat.Lighting
I used a Godox TT685 speedlight with a 60x60 EYZbox softbox from Lastolite to get a fill-in light on here face because the cap was making taken a way the light on her face which should have been too dark otherwise.Equipment
The Photo was taken with a Nikon D750 and a Tamron 70-200mmG2 lens at f2.8 and a Godox X-pro trigger to trigger the TT685 which was flashing through a lastolite 60x60 EYZbox softbox mounted on a stand, close to my the model. The 70-200mm was at 200mm f2.8 to get her maximized separated from the background. The shot was taken out the hand with active VC control.Inspiration
For me it was the first time I did a theme shoot. I had no references at all, but saw often some competitors providing theme shoot actions. I did not like the photo's but they brought something I did not have. That was for me a trigger to start studying theme shoots with children, because they really like it to be a princes or someone important know from the fairy-tale stories. I prepared myself very well by studying lots of photo's of theme shoots an some even were beyond what I though I could. However, I could not find the setting of a red riding hood for children I was searching for and what I had in my mind. So I tried myself to create some new creations. This photo is one of the serie I created. I prepared my daughter the day before by telling the story and saying that I would go with her for a shoot where she was the red riding hood. She couldn't wait and we made a wonderful afternoon. Many people passing by were looking how cute this all was. My daughter an I really enjoyed. And beside the photo, which she also has in her bedroom now, she still remembers it and often asks to go for another shoot.Editing
Yes, I adjusted the color a bit, I gave a bit more boost an cleaned the face a bit. But all as nature as possible. For editing I used the Nikon NX-D software and exported the Tiff file to Affinity Photo with Nik tools for all other processing to give the finishing touch. The total editing is not that much, mainly white balance and color adjusting.In my camera bag
That depends a lot per shoot. But my standard bag is loaded with a Nikon D750, a Nikon D850, a light meter (sekonic L858D), a colorchecker card from X-Rite, and three Tamron lenses 16-30mmG2, 24-70mmG2 and the 70-200mmG2. Additionally I add speedlight flashes, which are one or two speedlights (Godox TT685) or one or two pro professional flashes (Godox AD400 pro or Godox AD600 Wistro pro)Feedback
You can do a lot with children as long you prepare yourself and have patience with. Also ensure that you are prepare them and explain what you ant to do on their level of communication. Find out what they love to do. Be flexible and take your time. The child is giving you the love he has but is also chekcing what your intentions is. When he or he is ready for you get one or max two hours to get all done. Always go down through your knees to stay on the same eye level if you communicate with them and also try to find personal contact by playing with them in their game. Then they also will give time to you. They love to have contact and they love to look through the viewfinder to understand what you are doing, what you are seeing and will understand why you are hiding behind your camera. Be prepared to your theme. Do not force them into your ideas but guide then to the story in a way they understand it. You'll see that if you understand them and their story, you can make a move to your ideas using their story to adjustments it to what you prepared and you get great shots from them! Good luck!
