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WTF (what the flash) Shooting Portraits in a Snow Storm! Winter Storm Portrait #3 The Gear: Camera: EOS 1D Mark IV Lenses: 70 - 200 F/2.8 II L @ 75mm 3 Canon 580 EXII Speedlights & STE2 Wireless Speedlight Transmitter in combination with Radiopopper transmitter & receivers. Calumet 9' Light Stands, Rogue FlashBender & Westcott Apollo Strip & Orb along with a few plastic bags to keep the Speedlights and Radiopoppers protected from the elements. The Settings: Manual mode on camera, ETTL II for the front Speedlights and forced manual mode for the backlight. ISO 1600, Aperture f/4, shutter speed 1/13th. Tungsten white balance. Clam shell beauty lighting ratio A:B using Westcott Apollo Strip group A below lens & Apollo Orb group B with most of the light coming from the Orb in group B. The backlight was modified using a large RogueFlash Bender as a snoot in forced manual mode @ 1/2 power.