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Meet Up at the Cemetery

On November 12 th , I attended the D.C. Cosplay Photo Shoots ’ meet-up held at the Congressional Cemetery in Washington, DC.  This event was respectful to the cemetery and in line with other events they host, such as 5K runs, speaker series, movie nights, tours, and programming .  In essence, the cemetery is going back to how early rural cemeteries were viewed and used as public parks.  The Congressional Cemetery has been in operation for 207 years, and until the mid-1830s , almost every Congressman who died in D.C. was buried there.  The cemetery became neglected during the 20 th century but was restored after being placed on the National Trust for Historic Preservation’s list as an endangered site, and a local group of dog owners who walked their dogs there thus began paying for its upkeep, Those initial dog owners became the K9 Corps who now pay an annual fee to walk their dogs off-leash in the cemetery, which makes up about ¼ of the cemeteries’ operating fu...

Special Event at the Big Barn

On September 30 th , I attended a special D.C. Cosplay Photo Shoots   meet-up at Big Barn 1810 , in Maryland.  Big Barn 1810 is a great place to shoot, and I have done several one-on-one sessions there in the past.  It is best known for its large windows on the far side of the barn that let in a ton of natural light. For this session I used: Canon R6 2 Speed lights Trigger 1 Light stands 24 - 105mm lens Gels Camera Settings: For this shoot, I used an ISO 125.  I don’t know why I used ISO 125; I think it is because I bumped the dial-up from 100.  While ISO 125 is an odd ISO, it got the job done.  My aperture ranged from F4.5 to F20 with most shots being at either F5 or F8.  There was a large variation in aperture based on the setting, lighting, and how much I wanted in focus.  With the R6 I’m more comfortable shooting at some of the wider apertures.   The shutter speed ranged from 1/60s to 1/125s with the most shots b...