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Originally uploaded by Luis Reyes

We were invited to a debut party and since they were friends I volunteered to shoot it. It was fun and a good learning experience but as all events are, it can get extremely difficult to do. I took natural light photos (view of Vancouver), balanced flash and natural light, used Gary Fong's diffuser, cross-lighting, high ISO with no flash, Nikon diffusion dome and a photo booth using a single strobe/connected to a PC/triggered remotely. I ran out of gas at the end when I could have taken better cross-lighting photos since there were less people on the dance floor to cast shadows at each other. Whew...this is a lot of work.

Strobist info: Set up a Photo Booth where people can take their own photos or with assistance from my daughters. 1 Alien Bee 400 on stand with shoot-thru umbrella placed beside the camera on the tripod. AB400 slighly higher than head height and angled down. Camera connected to laptop so that images can be downloaded straight to the laptop and reviewed after the shot. Camera triggered by wireless trigger.