That's a wonderful informal portrait. Lots of character! Cheers,
frank On 28 April, 2015 4:55:04 AM EDT, Larry Colen <l...@red4est.com> wrote: >Stella D'Oro is one of the singers for the New Flamingo Swing >Orchestra. > They played for our local lindy hop venue last night. >I think that this shot of her is my favorite from the set: >https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/17298330745/in/set-72157649908555623 > >When I got there last night, there was someone taking photos using a >flash. As a dancer, I got to truly appreciate why so many dancers hate >it when photographers use flash. To make things worse, he had it on >his >camera, pointing straight up. Sure, it's nice to get bounce rather than > >direct light, but when you're in a dim room bouncing it off the ceiling > >means that you have to light up the whole room just to photograph >someone a few feet in front of you. > >A short while later, a couple a short distance from me was posing for >him and he turned his camera to get a vertical format shot of them. He >was oblivious to the fact that his speedlight was now pointing directly > >in the faces of another couple a few feet to his left. Fortunately, he > >repositioned himself before taking the shot. > >After that song, I went over to chat with him, and suggest that he >should probably be more aware of where he was pointing his flash. I >guess I could have been a little more diplomatic about it, because he >didn't respond very positively to my suggestions. He did, however, >inform me that the room was too dark to photograph in without a flash. >Granted, I think his camera was a Canon, so for him it might have been. -- Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
