Portrait Lighting, 3/2/13 and Some More Pow Wow, 2/23/13

Photography is so much fun and there is so much to learn. This past Saturday, 3/2/13, I learned how to use my Speedlite 580 EXII. I have always been intimidated with using a flash. Luckily, I got many chances at this workshop put on Pacific New Media with Jerry Omo. Photography is all about light - so where it comes and how much affects a portrait/photo

This diffuser helped to cut down the amount of light on our model. I appreciated the wind on her hair.

She is so pretty!!!

We also learned to make a blue sky. Myself and other's laid low to capture the sky. I thought it was fun to also capture this photographer getting the opposite view.

Our model was Jerry's daughter. Let me tell you, she was a great sport. She wore 4 outfits and allowed the 10 of us to get the practice we needed.

For this shot, our model was too far for our flash to work, instead of using our flash unit - we attached a remote trigger that fired a flash set up closer to her.

My previous blog was about Pow Wow Hawaii, 2/17/13. I had to come another day to get this photo. On Feb. 17, the sun was shining directly on this wall creating telephone pole/wire shadows.

I actually do not know who this person is - and I was surprised to see it as these wonderful works of art were all over the place.

I believe Prime and Estria made wall/street art popular here in Honolulu. Congratulations! It was so nice to see the talents of their art visible for us.