Spiraling into an economic depression

ISO 100, aperture 8.0, and a shutter speed of 1/250th of a second

This picture was taken for a newspaper story about how weed lowers student's IQ's. It was complicated to get this picture properly lit and everything. I was given a picture to look off, so I knew what they wanted. We rolled up a piece of newspaper and stuck a match inside of the end in order to give the "weed" effect. As soon as the match was lit, the picture had to be taken for the proper lighting that the newspaper staff wanted. We put a 800 alien bee light behind her hand to get a rim light. The timing was the most important part of taking this picture. I really like how her nails were dark, it gave the spooky effect. I used a 17-50mm lens.