Thank you indeed, Ann! :-) I appreciate the sympathy too. I'm a little uneasy about going down this rabbit hole, but it's been really stimulating so far.
On Thu, Jun 13, 2013 at 11:24 PM, Ann Sanfedele <[email protected]> wrote: > I've had company for a few days - but you can thank me too, now :-) > > Bruce, excellent job! > Your career as an "events' photographer is on its way! > (you have my sympathy :-) ) > > ann > > > On 6/13/2013 16:41, Bruce Walker wrote: >> >> Thank you Dan, Darren, Ken, Marco, Brian and Steve! And thanks also >> to everyone else who had a look. >> >> On Wed, Jun 12, 2013 at 8:30 PM, Daniel J. Matyola <[email protected]> >> wrote: >>> >>> Whoa! Very nicely done there, Bruce. >>> >>> Dan Matyola >>> http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola >>> >>> >>> On Wed, Jun 12, 2013 at 8:18 PM, Bruce Walker <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>>> >>>> So I landed a paying gig last weekend. I was to document the opening >>>> of a new club: show off the facilities, catch the opening night band, >>>> dancing, drinking, and try to snap some of the staff too. Here's a >>>> small set of 12 of the more interesting shots (of the 74 finals >>>> delivered to The Brawley brass): >>>> >>>> http://flic.kr/s/aHsjG1qjie The Brawley Opening >>>> >>>> All taken with my K20D, DA* 55, DA* 16-50 & DA* 50-135. >>>> >>>> The first three staff shots (wait, bar, kitchen) were lit with a used >>>> $30 AF200T in an 18" softbox on a monopod, gelled 1/2 CTO, and wielded >>>> by my able assistant (my wife). I precomputed the flash exposure >>>> assuming a fixed rough distance to the subjects, then set the shutter >>>> to let in ambient room light about two stops below the key. When WB >>>> adjusted for the orange gel, the background goes a blue tint to give >>>> it that cool look. >>>> >>>> The west wing and patio shots are HDR, as you've likely guessed -- >>>> apologies in advance. I used Nik HDR Pro and it's pretty good, but I'm >>>> not really an HDR kinda guy. I just figured these facilities shots >>>> would benefit from that Marketing Imperative where Over The Top just >>>> isn't good enough. :-) >>>> >>>> Most of the dark club dancing and band shots were taken at ISO 3200. >>>> In the past I dismissed that as useless on the K20D but they clean up >>>> nicely with Nik Dfine, so I'm coming to rely on it now. (It even >>>> removes colour banding well so I'm going to go back and revisit some >>>> of my "lost" K100Ds shots.) >>>> >>>> >>>> Comments welcome, as always. >>>> >>>> -- >>>> -bmw >>>> >>>> -- >>>> 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. >> >> >> >> > > -- > 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. -- -bmw -- 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.
