That is a nice, strong portrait, I'm sure she loves it! Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola
On Tue, Apr 28, 2015 at 4:55 AM, 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. > > > -- > Larry Colen l...@red4est.com (postbox on min4est) > > -- > 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. -- 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.
