Friday, April 15, 2011

Day 105 Dance company recital

My oldest grandchild, Danielle, is a senior this year. She is an officer with Dance company. They had their end of year recital tonight. She danced in 14 dances. No flash photography allowed. There was very poor lighting, so it was a real challenge to get good pictures. This is one of my favorites because her sweetness, and her love for dance shine through

15 comments:

  1. Nice!!! She looks like she is really enjoying herself. :)

    Thanks for your comment the other day. :)

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  2. you did a great job considering the limitations for taking pictures! and i totally agree that she looks completely happy dancing!

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  3. Woah! Beautiful shot! It looks like the lighting is absolutely PERFECT~ you did a great job!

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  4. Great capture! She truely looks in her element!

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  5. You captured this moment so well! Very nice!

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  6. I'm on my laptop so I can't see pictures as well this morning, but I think you did AMAZING with this shot. Your lighting is perfect! The balance of light and shadow is wonderful and the look on her face is delightful. It's wonderful that you have so many grandchildren, at such different ages and stages in their lives and can share special moments like these with them...and they are lucky to have you too!

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  7. Wow! Great capture! I'd love to know your settings, considering there was no flash!

    Paulette

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  8. Here are the settings Paulette. I was constantly changing for the circumstances. This was one of the best ones because the only lighting was on the floor at the front of the stage and she was close to it. I took team shots the night before. This photo was taken the last night and all I was after were close ups of Danielle. I had more PP to do on the team shots that I took with the 50 mm because they were darker.
    85mm lens manual spot metering
    ISO 3200
    SS 1/640
    F/1.8
    I bumped up the exposure one step in camera.

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  9. Wow, thank you, Karen! I never thought to use manual spot meter when there is no flash allowed, but it makes perfect sense. Thank you so much for sharing your settings! I learned something!

    Paulette

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  10. GREAT shot! I have two little ballerinas so I understand how hard it is to get good shots during shows/recitals where no flash is allowed. Looks like you did a great job though!

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