I was recently commissioned to photograph the birthday party of the
president of Jacksons Foodstores. It was held at this country club
outside of town and a huge crowd showed up. There was fabulous food and
an open bar. It was a grand party and the crowd swelled out of the ballroom and into the restaurant. For
me it was a lot like shooting a wedding reception. I kept my eye out
trying to get a picture of everyone,
making note of people I've already shot. It's a bit of a trick remembering
faces of people you've just met but I've had years of practice. The
other goal of my job was stalking the guest of honor trying to
capture as many pictures possible of her having fun while being unobtrusive. Another challenge was that the lighting was fairly low. I
prefered to use natural light so as not to annoy the guests with my
constant flashing. I used my flash gun for some shots but for the rest
of the time, I kept my ISO cranked up pretty high and then spent a lot
of time on the post processing to make the shots look as natural as
possible. A great time was had by all, including the photographer.
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