Photo Rebel

Today I had to be a photographer! 🙂 My niece’s Gwen and Bronwen organised a visit to a popular race day called the Melbourne Cup. In the UK this would be the equivalent of the Ascot events. All the girls were dressed immaculately and they all looked great! It was my job to take photos…

I decided to the use the stair case of the apartment building and setup a single flash. I did 3 setups.

1. Stair case wide shot – ISO 200, 1/200 sec, F8. Flash.
2. Corner wall by the stair case – ISO 200, Program Mode, -2 EV. Flash.
3. Wall of stair case – ISO 500, Aperture Priority, +0.7 EV, F4. Natural light (no flash).

Here is a small selection of the shots…

My niece Bronwen.

I made the wall pop out to suit the image in Photoshop. This also looks good in Black & White.

I love the way this photo looks in Black & White!

Natural light (with +2/3 EV) close up of Bronwen.

Another natural light photo. Post production using Lightroom only.

Experimenting with different looks...

All the girls looked great!!

My niece Gwen.

A quick group shot before the girls got into Limo...

Girls ready to go off for the big day...