On October 22 I went to Lake Accotink Park for the Halloween themed DCCosplay meet up. Lake Accotink Park is a nice area, which has a lake, a wooded area and a few concrete areas. The location was good for a Halloween shoot, set for the middle of the day since the forest area provided shade and the concrete areas worked well for a more urban setting. For this shoot, I used my Canon 70D, my trusty 18 -200mm lens, radio trigger, and two 430 EX –IIIRT speed light. My husband, who is my trusty assistant, held a painter’s pole which we mounted one of the speed light to the top of without an umbrella. I did not use an umbrella so I could have a possibility to combat the sun. I mounted the second flash on a standard light stand without an umbrella and used it for occasional fill or back lighting. I took 300 photos, edited 232 photos, and posted 139 fully edited shots. For all the shots, I was at an ISO of 200 using an aperture of between F7....
Photography and Travel