Josh Ellis doing a fine job as assistant.

While in Nepal last week I shot an assignment for the Esther Benjamins Trust, an NGO that works with the victims of human trafficking, particularly children. I’ll blog more about it later and show you some of the final shots once I’ve delivered everything to them but for now I can share a couple of behind the scenes photos that my wonderful wife Selina shot on her Canon S95.

In terms of gear, it was a pretty simple shoot. I mostly used a 5D Mark II with 24-70mm lens on it, alternating it at times with a 5D and 70-200mm. The ambient light was pretty good so I just used a single 580EX II for a little extra pop. It was connected to a Phottix external battery back and triggered by the new and fantastic Phottix Odin ETTL trigger. Josh Ellis performed a great job as assistant and voice activated light stand and we came away with a great selection of photos that the folks at Esther Benjamins Trust love. All in all, a great assignment working with great people. I urge you to check out their work at http://www.ebtrust.org.uk/ and see what you can do to help.

Preparing to shoot.

Jump. I'm using 2 Black Rapid RS-5 straps to manage my gear.