The Munchkin's Notebook

On October 19 th I drove down to Richmond, VA to attend a Central VA Cosplay Photoshoot meetup on October 20 th at Belle Island.   I wanted to go to this event because it was in an interesting location, and I wanted to meet some new cosplayers.   For this session I used: Canon R6 2 Speed light Trigger 1 Light stands 24 - 105mm lens Gels Camera Settings: For this shoot, I was transitioning back and forth between being inside an old, dark, abandoned building to bright, sunny woods.  Due to the transitions, my settings varied greatly.  I mostly shot at ISO 100 except for when I accidently bumped the nob to “Auto” and didn’t notice, so I also took shots at ISO 2500, 3200, 4000, and 6400.  The shots at the high ISO actually look fairly decent, and not as grainy as one would expect.  My shutter varied between 1/100s to 1/250s with the most common shutter speed being 1/250s.  My aperture varied between F5 to F11 with the most common ap...

  On October 12th, I did a fall themed session with EJ.   For this session, I used: Photography Equipment Props/Miscellaneous Cannon R6 24-105 mm Lens Transmitter/Trigger 2 Phottix Strobe 1 Westcott FJ400 1 rectangular softbox 1 60-inch umbrella with sock 1 strip box 2 C-stands 1 light stand Sandbags Canvas backdrop Backdrop stand Spyder Color Checker Card A-clamps Orange gel 2 posing cubes Pumpkins Chair Fall leaves Crate   The set up For this setup, I started by placing the two posing cubes in the center of the backdrop and then surrounding them with pumpkins and leaves.  I then placed the strip box next to the backdrop stand on my right, which was going to add some light to the backdrop and some rim lighting to the model.  I then placed my main light diagonal to my rim light on my left-hand side.  Finally, I placed the umbrella with a sock slight...