On November 11, the D.C. Cosplayers and Photographer group met at the National Portrait Gallery for their monthly meet-up. The National Portrait Gallery is wonderful place to shoot, especially on the third floor which has what is considered Greek revival architecture. Usually the meet ups are on Sundays, which means there are fewer people at the gallery. However, this recent meet up was held on a Saturday, which meant there were more people at the gallery, additionally the gallery changed a few of the photography flash rules in a few of the area that used to allow flash. With the additional people and the photography changes it was a bit more challenging to shoot in some of the areas. For this shoot, I used my Canon 70D, my trusty 18-200mm lens, one 430 EX–III RT, one 600 EX-RT speed light, a Westcott Rapid Box 20-inch Octa Mini light modifier (mounted on metal pin). My husband, who is my trusty assistant, held the 600 EX-RT flash with the...
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