Last week I visited with some friends a abandoned building in Lisbon, to explore the photographic possibilities of the place (old, decadent, industrial). There, I asked Joost if he would help me with my first assignment for the Strobist Boot Camp II.

Joost is a freelance photographer that has walked half the world (actually, half of Europe, Asia and Africa) shooting for magazines, newspapers and for himself, and he’s much better qualified than me to run the controls of a DSLR. Even so, he kindly agreed to place himself on front of the lens, and with the help of two strobes, a small umbrella, and a Lumiquest Big Bounce, I managed to get my first real portrait:

My thanks for Joost, and Sonia, my assistant for the shoot