Balancing strobe with continuous light

This is a technique that is quite popular these days—balancing strobe with daylight, especially when the strobe/softbox is given priority, as in the last image of this award-winning self-portrait sequence. I hope you are all laughing. The trick lies in the little bit of photo magic related to how strobes and continuous light sources behave with respect to f-stops and shutter speeds. Strobes are "shutter blind" — they are only affected by f-stop, not shutter speed, while continuous lights are affected by both. Using a faster shutter speed makes the daylight go darker, while the strobe is left unchanged (but appears brighter in proportion). This technique can be especially nice in fading daylight. More in class...