How Patrick Cavan Brown Lit The Scene

After mounting his Canon EOS 5D (A) vertically on a Manfrotto 3415 tripod head and ancient gitzo tripod, Brown placed four Canon 580EX II Speedlites (B) on lightstands at various heights and distances around his subjects. He fired the camera and flashes wirelessly using a cable release and Canon’s infrared Speedlite ST-E2 transmitter. The final image, which he tweaked in adobe Lightroom, was made of four exposures, which he stitched into a single panorama in Adobe Photoshop. Between each of the four exposures, he moved some of the lights to best balance highlight and shadow detail.