Difficult light
The Kid went to a birthday party at the weekend. I stayed and photographed the event. I like doing this, because it frees the family up to enjoy the party with their kids and not worry about having to take photos at the same time.
This was a difficult shoot, however. The light was ugly. It ran from late morning through to mid afternoon, and was held in a 40′x80′ shed lit by having two huge sliding doors that were wide open. The blend of bright sunlight coming from two doors into a large area that was much darker inside was a real challenge. I ended up using the external flashhead but the obvious side effect is that the shots were naturally vignetted because of light falloff in such a large area.
I still got some reasonable photos (they’re up on SmugMug) but they’re not as good as I was hoping for.
Who said what?