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Shooting a moody sports portrait.
Using off-camera flash for a moody, dramatic look.
When it comes to shooting portraits, flat, directionless light is the photographer’s metaphorical forward pass. So in order to add drama to a sports portrait on a dreary day, we can use a couple of speedlights to lift our subject.
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