Almost An Uncle

My sister is hours away from giving birth to the first child in my family. It's an exciting time and the perfect time to talk about an image I took of her and her husband last month. It's a very simple photo that I copied from an image taken of one of Amy's friends. The lighting setup was easy: one flash behind my sister to light the wall. Even though the hallway where I shot them was fairly dark, I did not need to light them with another flash, because their faces were supposed to be underexposed. The reflection of the background light off of the wall provided just enough light to bring out a little bit of detail in their faces. The setup and shooting only took five minutes, but retouching the bottom quarter of the wall in Photoshop took a lot longer. I had to remove parts of the lightstand, remove the floor moulding, and with a lot of difficulty: even out the shadows. You can see the color version here.