Most of you know that I am the House Photographer for the Entertainment Department at the Chumash Casino Resort in Santa Ynez, California. I shoot about 50 events a year at the Samala Room and each year one of those events is the New Year's Eve Dance Party. Most years the bands are The Boogie Knights and The Spazmatics as was the case last night. And most dances also feature several GoGo Dancers normally provided by Dazzle Management. In the past I have been unsuccessful in getting decent pictures of the dancers as the lighting just hasn't been fast enough to freeze them at all. So this year, having had a little experience with my ST-E2 thanks to Scott Sneddon during our Victoria Hansen shoot, I decided to experiment. I took three 580EX flashes plus the ST-E2 to the Dance Party. I started by putting a 580EX at each front corner of the dance platform and one at the read left corner. I tried a variety of settings most all of which seemed to work better than anything I have done before.
When my wife, Marna, showed up to party with me for an hour or so I put her to work ... I attached two Quantum SC batteries to her belt and put a 580EX in each hand and had her hold them up high and pointed down at various party goers around the room. This also got images that I haven't managed previously.
So, this turned out to be an excellent experiment and experience.
Be Safe!
Dwight
No comments:
Post a Comment