The Munchkin's Notebook

On July 10 th I did a water session with the lovely Ayla.   This session was designed around the opening credits of the anime Black Clover , were the character Noelle Silva reaches out of the water (0:38/1:44).   While the overall set design and photo concept was easy, the lighting set up was challenging part. For this session I used: Photography Equipment Props/Miscellaneous Cannon 80D Trigger 2 strobes 2 c-stands 1 boom arm 1 Backdrop stands Black backdrop Blue backdrop Star Backdrop Sandbags 1 dome reflector 1 rectangular soft box 1 strip box 1 light stand 1 speedlight Blue gels 120x60 inch inflatable pool Water 6 bricks Paracord Ladder Bubble Gun The set up When I do a water shoot, I become very concerned about safety, because water and electricity do not mix.   So, it was very important things were grounded, sandbagged, and secured in place. Let’s talk abo...

On June 26 th , my husband and I attended the D.C. Cosplay Photo Shoots ’ meet up at Meadowlark Gardens . I brought my husband to this meet up, because Meadowlark does not allow free standing equipment, thus I brought my husband to act as an assistant to hold my flashes.   This was the third time I have shot at Meadowlark, so I already had a good understanding of the garden layout, interesting features, and about how long it would get to certain garden locations. While it is a large garden, there are some key spots people like to shoot at which are all easily reachable from the center of the garden. For these sessions I used: Canon 80D 1 Speed lights Trigger Painter’s Pole with flash attachment 18-200mm lens This shoot was held entirely outside, on a bright sunny day with no clouds. I used ISO 100 and an aperture of F8 for all the images. My shutter speed ranged from 1/25s to 1/500s. My shutter speed seemed to be concentrated at either 1/60s or 1/250s. This is bec...