On May 27th, I attended the D.C. Cosplay Photo Shoots ’ meet up at the Walker Nature Center in Reston, VA. The Nature Center is part of a small park that has a pavilion and sever short wooded walking paths. As well as a paved path that leads down to stream. For these sessions I used: Canon 80D 1 Speed light Trigger Light stand 18-200mm lens Camera Settings: This was a completely outdoor event, in a wooded area that had a mix of sun and shade. The biggest hurdle here was green cast due to all the green leaves. For this event I shot at ISO 100 and ISO 200. I was trying to utilize the natural light, while just filling with my flash so my aperture was moving around quite a bit. My aperture ranged from F4.5 to F9 with most shots being taken at F6.3. I was running a delicate balance of light and depth of field, as I usually prefer to shoot closer to F9 for the increased depth of field/focus area. My shutter speed ranged from 1/30 t...
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