The second of two shoots: first I shot a politician,and then I shot lawyers. (No – with a camera).
I love shooting corporate events.
Glasses, ready for wine
Food.. aahh. excellent food
Veuve Cliquot
I get to shoot happy people and I even get to eat a snack or two. What’s not to like?
Tech: I used my 35mm prime lens on the 1Ds Mark II, and the 70-200 on the 1D Mark IV. Both cameras had a flash – aimed, of course, behind me.
I like wide angle lenses, as this shot, taken the other night at an event I was shooting, shows:
A wide angle shot
I used a bounced flash and set the camera to manual mode and opened up the aperture, slowed down the shutter, and increased ISO enough to allow the available light to d some work as well.
And wide angle means:
And that is what I did there.
…but then again, too few to mention. Except one, at the show: namely, that I don’t get to see the actual exhibition. I’m always presenting!
That said: I love the work.What could be better than educating thousands of people in a hobby (or profession) that is exciting, creative, fun, and extremely rewarding in almost every sense?
Those of you new to the blog: a few important tips.
And above all.. go shoot some nice pictures.. shoot a lot. And never stop learning.
And how would you like to take pics like this, shot about an hour or two ago on my way back home from day one of the excellent Henry’s Digital Imaging Show:
Oakville.com party in Oakville
How did I shoot this:
That’s how it’s done. Come to my courses and I’ll explain more!
When do you shoot manual – remember that question?
One example of a case: when the light is constant (cloudy day), and when you need to shoot things that vary in brightness, and some of which are dark or bright, like monument and people in black uniforms.
A solemn moment at a Burlington, Ont. Navy Commemoration Service
In other words, like in the shoot I did for The Burlington Post Sunday.
See yesterday: you would have to change exposure all the time by varying exposure compensation constantly. “manual” means I can concentrate on what to shoot, not on technical details.
And I mean snapshot: shot the other day while I was a passenger on The Danforth, getting some quick and excellent Greek food:
The Danforth at night
The wide lens (16mm on a 1Ds MkIII) works well, and the warm street light makes the sky look extra blue, and it was dark enough to match nicely, so the sky looks rather threatening.Yes I know, I can see windscreen reflections – that’s why it is a snapshot.
Sometimes it can be simple: off-camera flash can be really easy. Like in this student’s recent portrait:
Off-camera flash portrait
You can also see how nice the splash of colour is in the background, right?
A matter of choosing manual mode with just the right combination of aperture and shutter speed and ISO to get enough light into the background. And Flash White Balance makes the tungsten light look nice and orange.
My message today: although flash can be done in a very sophisticated manner, it is not always necessary to make it complicated. Often, very simple is all you need. “Off camera” is often enough to just make it work. And an off-camera flash cable, while not cheap, is the simplest way to achieve this.
At least in this shop in Old Montreal:
Which is in this street:
As a photographer, you want to share, and exhibits are the way to do it.
For those of you in Toronto, a collection of my nudes are available at Gregory Talas’s Kodiak Gallery in the Distillery District. Here’s Gregory:
And a collection of Travel prints at The Banyan, on Queen Street West:
And stay tuned: “IV – Intravenous” will do a repeat soon, also at The Banyan.
..the other day, that is: Gregory Talas, owner of The Kodiak Gallery in Toronto’s historic Distillery District, where I have been exhibiting some prints, and where I held the “IV – Intravenous” exhibition recently.
