Larry, There are some really nice shots here. I especially like0510, 0891, 0542, 0632, 36416, ~508, 37063 and ~029.
The lighting seems to have worked nicely. Some of the shots have distracting backgrounds, and may benefit from some cropping. What lens and apertures were you using? Cheers, Rick http://photo.net/photos/RickW --- On Tue, 12/8/09, Larry Colen <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Larry Colen <[email protected]> > Subject: GESO SF Balfest > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> > Date: Tuesday, December 8, 2009, 4:58 PM > I was asked to be the photographer > for a dance workshop last weekend. In exchange for taking > photos I got free admission, nominally about a $160 > value. Mind you, I ended up missing out on most of the > social dancing because I was so busy dealing with stuff to > photograph the performances and contests. But I think > it'll be good exposure and maybe help me get the "official > photographer" slot at other events. It was interesting > being able to use strobes, and to set them up the best I > could rather than just doing the available light or the > AF540 on the camera thing. > > Despite the difficulties I was having with my lighting, I > think I got some decent shots last weekend. As I said, one > of my white lightnings fried as I was setting things up > Friday night. I had been planning on bouncing the > studio strobes off the ceiling, but figured that up in the > mezzanine would be a lot safer, unfortunately for various > reasons bounce didn't work well up there. So I had the > working studio strobe on one side of the room and three > camera strobes (AF54 and two promasters) optically slaved on > the other side. Fortunately, with them way up there, other > camera flashes didn't trigger them. > > I did a quick pass through the 2600 frames and put together > a teaser set of the ones that leapt out as keepers. Now I've > got to go and sort them to contests and awards, classes, > social dancing, performances etc.... > > Teaser set on flickr: > http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157622962803714/ > > they may be easier to view at > http://www.flickriver.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157622962803714/ > > -- > 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. > -- 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.
