"Jessie's Place"© David A. Ziser
Here is one more image made at Saturday's Bat Mitzvah party later that evening. The room decor was very colorful and hip. There was a party wanting to happen in this room. I always like to get a quick portrait of the guest of honor, Jessie in this case, among the room decor. Normally I would use my shoot through umbrella technique, but in this instance, the light from the umbrella would have spilled too heavily into the surrounds. I chose instead to use my "Z-Ray" flashlight covered earlier on this blog. It's narrow beam filled the bill for this rather dramatic portrait of Jessie moments before the party broke loose. Easy, fast, and effective - that's the kind of technique you need in these fast paced situations. Camera specs; Canon 40D fitted with 10-22mm lens at 10mm, F 3.5 @ 1/50 second, ISO 1250.
Enjoy! -David
Love this image. I'm need to practice with backgrounds like this. Just like to look and feel of the colors versus her dress. How much of this image was Post-production? Thanks for the great blog.
ReplyDeleteGreat shot! Great creative technique as well! How did you white balance this? Looks like a good case for using RAW...
ReplyDeleteLove those types of lights. We have mentioned similar ones on our podcast at http://cameradojo.com.
ReplyDeleteGot my Z-Ray in this week. Can't wait to give it a try at next weekend's wedding!
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