Category: People 'n Portraits
We were confined to Bengaluru for the past couple of months and was thrilled when Preethu's cousins and family visited us. We had a good time at home and I had a good time capturing the good times :)
Vidhya is not the camera shy type, but, I still wanted a natural shot. There were people all over the living room and I had the Canon EF 180mm f/3.5L (macro) lens on, along with a Vivitar 285HV strobe on-camera. The entire, thing was mounted on a Manfrotto 728B for stability and I was clicking randomly. In between, Vidhya felt that I was taking her photos, but all of us managed to convince her that I was pointing at Preethu's Achan seated next to her!
Next few minutes she hardly noticed the flash firing. Here is one of the expressions I liked most. The shot is in manual mode, ISO-200, f/5 and 1/15s exposure, with the flash bouncing from the ceiling.
Next day, we had an actual photo shoot :) I had my usual white curtains and bed sheets spread out to provide the clean white background. With a little bit of over-exposure, the background almost disappeared. It took a little time for her to get used to the attention of people all around her, but she finally did!
This pic is again with the Canon EF 180mm f/3.5L (macro) lens, mounted on a Manfrotto 728B and assisted by the Vivitar 285HV strobe. I also had couple of flourascent lambs giving me some useful extra light. Since, the Vivitar 285HV does not support through the lens metering and I required over-exposure, manual mode was chosen with ISO-400, f/4.5 and 1/8s. Finally, I guess Vidhya was happy with the shot, since she was using it for her orkut profile pic :)
