Practice: The Stomp April 5, 2009
Posted by Leonard Low in Available Light, Contains Images, Dance, Indoor, Night, Practice, Speedlite.Tags: action, charity, Dance, event, fast, Flash, Night, photography, stomp
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“The Stomp” is a “non-denominational” (all styles) dance party held a few times every year. Supported by Rotary, it has raised over $40,000 for needy charities since the first “Stomp” was run in support of tsunami victims back in 2005 (I was a member of the organising committee 2005-2006 and continue to attend whenever I can!).
The latest Stomp was held last night, entitled “Cirque de Stomp” – a circus theme. Although I spent most of the night dancing, I brought the camera along to take pictures while I was resting between sets. Here are some of my favourites, all shot with my trusty Canon 50mm f/1.4 USM.
In My Arms: Speedlite bounced right off wall, ISO800 1/125s f/1.4 +2/3EV:
Gotcha!: Speedlite bounced left off wall, ISO800 1/125s f/1.4 +2/3EV
Crossfire: A freaky one-in-a-thousand chance shot: I used a Speedlite bounced behind to the right… but another photographer happened to take a flash shot from the other side of the room at exactly the same moment. As a result the frame was overexposed, but the effect is quite striking due to the dancers’ poses – as if they’re being pushed back by the light.
Let there be light… March 29, 2009
Posted by Leonard Low in Gear, General Comments, Speedlite.Tags: canon, Flash, Gear, Speedlite
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And there was light: specifically, the Canon Speedlite 580 EX II. It’s specifically designed for Canon EOS cameras, and has through-the-lens metering and enormous light output: a Guide Number of 58m at ISO 100.
I kinda left it to the last minute to buy it, but I decided I should get it in case I needed it to shoot pictures of Earth Hour happening. More on that in the next post…
