The Munchkin's Notebook

On November 5 th , I attended the D.C. Cosplay Photo Shoots ’ meet up at Cabell’s Mill , in Chantilly, VA. The historic mill is now a small event venue, popular for small weddings.  The area was very pretty with the fall colors, even though it was unseasonably warm.  While yes, I live in Virginia, with typical fall days being in the 50’s but 80-degrees is a bit much. For these sessions I used: Canon 80D 1 Speed light Trigger Light stand 18-200mm lens Camera Settings: For this shoot we had access to the inside of the mill, which looked like a typical event venue, but had some nice windows and two large fireplaces. We also had access to the grounds around the mill, which had some nice wooded areas and tall grass field. For this event I shot at ISO 200. While I could have shot at ISO 100, the bump in ISO let me compensate for going in and out of the building as well the shade. My predominate aperture for F8 with a few shots at F9 and six at F16 because I was sh...

On October 22 nd I did a photo shoot with Coralinx Cosplay up at Big Barn 1810 . Look, an on-location session and not a studio session. This was a fall themed session, revolving around the pumpkin corset I bought from Mel Plum Fine Art , in Germany. For this session I used: Photography Equipment Props/Miscellaneous Cannon 80D Transmitter/Trigger 2 speed lights ¼ cut CTO gels Light stand Painters Pole Triangle Reflector Assistant Fake pumpkins Fake fall leaves Orange pails Hay bales The set up This was an on-location photo shoot, which meant I relied heavily on the surroundings of the location to set the theme and guide the session.   The barn has huge windows that let the morning light in, and basically fill the barn with a soft golden light. While the outside of the barn is red and has a few rustics looking double doors.   The weather was perfect so I was able to get both inside and outside p...