Sorry I haven't responded before now. I've been working hard on a big shoot I did for my son's drama production of Beauty and the Beast. TONS of work! But the troupe appreciates my efforts. I'm into my second set of 300 photos now. I processed and uploaded the first batch of 200 keepers last night. *whew* Now, talk about tricky and challenging lighting! I couldn't use flash for the performance and had to shoot at iso 1600 (and was wishing for higher iso all the time) and pretty much wide open. Once I get things together I'll try and post a couple shots on the forum here.
thank you all for the comments and encouragement. MUCH appreciated!
Originally posted by Pentaxtic 
Very good shots! Curious to know what the other photographer's photos look like.
Me too! The camera shop owner is working on a slide show presentation and also a print display to put up in the shop (that is next door to the boutique). He said he'll give us copies when he is done and we'll get the prints when he is done too. I am looking forward to seeing what shots he uses that I gave him and how he puts the whole thing together. But mostly I'm looking forward to seeing the other photog's shots. It should be interesting to see how they come together in a presentation.
Originally posted by roentarre The lighting is great and these models do walk with a speed there.
It is true, I kept thinking maybe they would pause at some point. They were constantly on the move though and yes, strutin' at a good clip.
You managed to capture the shots with such dim lighting. Great effort
It was dim and it was overly bright. With things moving and changing at all times (and very quickly) it was challenging. I did learn some things from the shoot and had fun so it was worthwhile!
Originally posted by jshurak did you use the V2's?
Unfortunately I couldn't get the V2's to work. (see the post I linked to in original post) I had them all set up and dialed in the night before and I've used them a few times before flawlessly. So I'm not sure what the heck is up now. I still can't get any of them to work. At least Gadget Infinity is working with me to figure out what the problem is.
Originally posted by Peter Zack Looks like fairly tough lighting and you did well with the series. I'd guess you used some off camera flash on at least some shots by the look of the shadows in a few. Overall a great job. Was it fun?
The lighting was VERY tough. Between the spot lights always moving and the models moving in and out of dark spots it was challenging. I wish I could have used the cactus flash triggers as I had set up the night before. But Murphy's Law, they wouldn't work at all when I got there. And I thought I was so prepared! Still working with someone from Gadget Infinity to see if we can find the problem. The shadows may have come from either another photographers strobe going off or the actual show spot lights on the move. I did have a blast. Especially on the red carpet shots, the guests seemed very excited about the paparazzi.
Originally posted by kent vinyard LaRee,
Your lighting on the event looks to be very evenly lit. Just curious as to what type of lighting you used. Looks to me that you did a very good job.
I used the Pentax 540 flash on camera as I couldn't get the cactus v2's to work. Thank you for the compliment. The photo shop that put the photographers together seemed pleased with what I presented to them.
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