Quick Lighting Lesson
This was from a session today…
The bible and the class ring are her brothers. He died at the age of 21 from a motorcycle accident. I can’t even imagine the emotion!
We wanted to do something to honor him and their relationship.
I hope they love it.
BUT, there is a lesson here I wanted to share. I could have made it next months shooting better video but lets make it a bonus this month. 
Here is the video..
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it is the little things that make the all the difference! great example.
Yeah that did make a huge difference!