Photo Fashionista: I'm Too Sexy

Friday, September 14, 2012

I'm Too Sexy

Last weekend, Ala Moana Center played host to a fall fashion workshop. Ala Moana transformed Centerstage into a mini-runway where beautiful models strutted their stuff in clothing from the various shops found in the mall. At this workshop, I got to learn about the current fall fashion trends as well as practice using my speedlight on moving subjects.

The lighting situation was a bit challenging that evening. The workshop started at 7pm and the sun had already gone down. There were spotlights from above used to illuminate the people on stage. But the most challenging thing was the huge projection screen that gave off tons of “weird” light. The lighting on a lot of the photos that I took when the models were standing close to the screen came out weird. The light from the screen reflected off the glossy runway and caused strange streaks of light on the bottom half of my photos.

At this outing, I also tried to focus on taking photographs so my subjects didn’t look all “flashed out”. Using flash is tricky...you have be able to be able to gauge how much flash you need and make adjustments quickly. Too much and the people look washed out. Too little and you won't be able to see the people's faces. I definitely need to practice more!