Leeza Wishart, Missy (PEOPLE 2023)

My subject was captured with soft, late afternoon sunshine as a backdrop. This natural backlighting added a subtlety and enhanced texture to the image whilst providing some nice highlights in the hair and dramatic contrasts in the facial features. I experimented with composition and exposure before settling on this unconventional angle which I found strangely compelling.

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