Something else that can spice up the shots like these is to shoot very wide (16mm on your lens) and pre-focus, hold the camera high over your head and shoot down. Totally different angle. I use this technique quite often in weddings. Here are a couple of examples:
http://www.daytonphoto.com/Galleries/Kenney/kenney_0104.htm http://www.daytonphoto.com/Galleries/Kenney/kenney_0104.htm http://www.daytonphoto.com/Galleries/Kenney/kenney_0104.htm -- Best regards, Bruce Friday, January 29, 2010, 10:42:52 PM, you wrote: CA> Those yellow brick walls you see came out soooo yellow; I had to quiet them CA> quite a bit. As you can see, I hang out in all the most elegant places. CA> What does a photographer do, when setting offers so little inspiration? CA> All of a sudden, all the old gals came out of the kitchen. Corn beef, CA> boiled potato, & cabbage were served up tonight. Typically the 39th ward CA> has this fundraiser around St. Patrick's Day, but they ran it early this CA> year. CA> http://tinyurl.com/ya3lvye CA> http://www.caguila.com/caguila/waitress/content/fundraiser_81_large.html CA> comments welcome. CA> Cheers, Christine -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.

