Ascension Island Green Way

To photograph a mechanic in an engine took 1 Nikon D3 digital camera body, a 14 mm ultra wide lens, one big engine, 1 wireless flash controller,1 off-camera TTL cord, 3 wirelessly controlled flashes, "gorilla pod," "magic arm," "Super Clamp" and lots of twisting and turning of head, neck and shoulders at the power production facility of the 45th Operations Group, Detachment 2, at Ascension Auxiliary Airfield (AAF), South Atlantic Ocean on June 27, 2009. To get the blue light behind Mr. Damien Cuello the digital camera was set for (orange) tungsten light. This made the camera extra sensitive to blue. The light in the foreground was filtered with a orange filter to achieve a more natural white light source. A soft box was used in the foreground for a broad light source that threw light into the corners and curves inside the engine. Using ISO 800, f/9 aperture and 1/60 of a second shutter speed a mysterious look inside an engine was created. Photographer entered through the third port from the left and subject entered from the second port from the right. On this day Mr. Ceullo was working on another engine, but mentioned that after that he was going to work on this engine. While he worked on the first one, preparations and tests were made for his arrival. When the time came, he began work and photos were taken. (U.S. Air Force photo/Lance Cheung)