Young monk sweeping courtyard at dawn, Angkor Wat, Cambodia

It’s only when I start looking through images in Lightroom that I notice that I’m picking up certain habits while shooting. When using the Profoto B1 strobe, I tend to position it off to my right and a little higher than the subject. For natural light portraits I usually have eye contact, but with off camera flash I seem to prefer them looking out of the frame towards the light.

Elderly monk at dawn, Angkor Wat, Cambodia

The unexpected result is that several of the images look like stills from a Michael Bay movie. All you need in the next frame is an asteroid, an autobot, or an alien spaceship.

Young monk at dawn, Angkor Wat, Cambodia