Walters Photography

Steps At Hotel Deseo

This is Dani. The morning we made this image, we had been shooting for about an hour under overcast conditions when the sun started to break out. The background is the entrance stairway to a modern Euro-chic hotel on the north end of Avenida Quinta in Playa del Carmen.

Rather than setting up overhead silks to soften the direct light, I decided to let the blond colored stone blow out. Jan held a telescoping paint-pole with a portable flash unit for the hair highlight. Dani’s boyfriend Edson was kind enough to help carry equipment and hold the reflector.