2016 Project 52 Challenge - 1st quarter by Geoff F

[joebranko]

You seem to have handled the reflection problems admirably!

[IzzieK]

You are lucky to be able to get away without flash here -- good lighting. I particularly like #2, Examining Old Documents and #3 -- the lady at the back with the audience was shocked to see you photographing them. Didn't they know?

[Geoff F]

Thanks for the comments. Apart from the first image, hand held thanks to OS, they were all flashed; but with careful use of flash exposure compensation.

I did worry about flash reflection particularly with the windows in the last image, Joe, but experience has taught me to always shoot windows at an angle never square on. So, apart from a slight issue with the gleaming white paintwork I managed to avoid any serious problems. There were other reflective areas all round the room so whatever angle I tried there was a potential hazzard.

Always difficult with scenes like this to find angles which show faces of some of the audience and the presenter. I thought I successfully shot a nice image of the farmer standing beside the projector screen pointing to an old map of his farm. But I had serious problems with both shadows and a reflected light coming from the screen. If I haven't deleted this image I will show it later to prove that I did get some (a lot) wrong.

The local paper will probably be printing a story about this event today so I haven't seen the results yet. With this sort of thing I take in a selection of suitable images while somebody else hands in a bit of text and we leave it to the editors to paste everything together.

[Geoff F]

Here is the shot which I thought was going to work really well, until I saw it on my computer screen and realised how many things I had got wrong.



Never mind, it's all part of the photographic learning curve!

I thought this shot had come out reasonably well and just like I wanted; but it isn't very flattering to the subjects, even if it is actually what was happening in 'real life'. I don't think they would have thanked me if I had sent this to the local paper.

[Shadowman]

Here is the shot which I thought was going to work really well, until I saw it on my computer screen and realised how many things I had got wrong.



Never mind, it's all part of the photographic learning curve!

I thought this shot had come out reasonably well and just like I wanted; but it isn't very flattering to the subjects, even if it is actually what was happening in 'real life'. I don't think they would have thanked me if I had sent this to the local paper.

The first one wouldn't be so bad if it didn't look like he has additional jowls nearest the screen. The second is just badly timed with one person's eyes closed and the other not facing the camera. The other part of the learning curve is to shoot multiples.

[Cantab]

Here is the shot which I thought was going to work really well, until I saw it on my computer screen and realised how many things I had got wrong.



Never mind, it's all part of the photographic learning curve!

I thought this shot had come out reasonably well and just like I wanted; but it isn't very flattering to the subjects, even if it is actually what was happening in 'real life'. I don't think they would have thanked me if I had sent this to the local paper.

I enjoyed these! It's always good to see someone else's duds.

[Geoff F]

I had looked at doing some editing to the farmer giving his talk; but the closer I looked into the scene, the more I realised it was another of those unfortunate lost causes.

With the ladies having a natter, I liked the way that lad was either bored or embarrassed and attempting to look as though he wasn't there. A pity that he has come out a fraction on the soft side.

[IzzieK]

What about the expression of the lady in the middle of the two natters? Her expression there is priceless too!

[Kaye Leggett]

There's a caption competition in there somewhere....

[Geoff F]

Thanks for the comments, Kaye and Izzie.

Now it's time to put this thread to one side and start Project 52 Second Quarter which is here

2016 Project 52 Challenge by Geoff F - 2nd Quarter