Photographing the dance portraits last Saturday was an interesting experience. I think that I did eleven photo sessions over a span of about four hours, which would have been fairly strenuous even if I wasn't desperately trying to convince myself that I didn't have a cold.
My lighting setup this time was to use the big white lighting with a reflector umbrella off camera to the right. With a big mirror along the left wall, I got more than enough fill. If anything I think that the light was a bit flat. Though with most of my subjects being middle aged, that may not have been entirely a bad thing. Artistically, I'm not entirely thrilled with the photos, but that wasn't the goal of the production line environment. The goal was to get at least a few that each paying customer would like, and I didn't have time for any sort of equipment tweaking as I went along. http://www.flickriver.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157626009196594/ Comments, feedback and helpful suggestions welcome. I don't want to burn out the marketplace, but I do want to build a market. I was thinking of passing up next month, but the theme is mardi gras, so I may see if I can do something with more dramatic lighting and a black (unlit) background. -- Larry Colen [email protected] sent from i4est -- 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.
