DPP 0811, Day 7 – Chandy

Chandy, or formally Chanda, is Susan’s aunt. Due to a barely-there age difference, they treat each other more like sisters. For me, this picture is a perfect example of the sort of magic that  a small flash off the camera can do — the grid on the flash highlights the face of the subject, the shade of the canopy of trees allow me to easily control ambient light without overworking the strobe, and underexposing ambient by about a stop allows me to make my subject pop out of the frame. My sincere thanks to a gracious and graceful subject, and to Mama Gaia for the breathtaking background.