That night was a special night. Not only was it the finals of Germany’s Next Topmodel by gorgeous Heidi, but also was it the night where the wether forecast DID NOT announce a thunderstorm!

We went out to take some night portraits and found that gorgeous old train parked beside the former db headquarters in frankfurt. Setup can be seen in the 3rd picture. This was the first time I tried this using just one speedlight and my new California Sunbounce Micro Mini Zebra with DIY flash bracket ;-) That night I know what the pros ment when saying china remote flash triggers are crap. I used to own several of those but as they kind of fired when they liked but not when I needed them to I decided to get rid of them and order a set of Paul C. Buff’s Alienbee Cybersyncs and voilá – they just perform!

But back to the story: we started shooting and some guys in a car decided to be bored and watched all the time parked right behind us – that was until – all of a sudden – it began to storm! Great stuff, got only about 40 frames that night and packed it all up right on time. Not early enough though as we ran home right through heavy rain – the result of that can be seen in the last picture ;-).