What I'm up to this week.

So this week I'm shooting for the local magazine publication "Palm Springs Life" and thought I would share a few photos I took of the runway show after my initial assignment (photographing guests as they enter for the show).  I've photographed a couple of other fashion shows before  but this one is on a much larger scale as it is the annual Palm Springs Life Fashion Week on El Paseo.  I didn't have to stay for the show but who could resist the opportunity.  I'm in the midst of processing other photos including a wedding I recently photographed (I can't wait to share some of those!) but I'll have runway photos posted for each day that I attend in the events gallery soon enough.  Take care!

The Right Light

I was photographing a drag show at Toucan's Tiki Lounge for Metromix tonight and it was coming to the end of my time when I saw this opportunity. 

Being a lighting designer, I had a pretty good idea on how I wanted the photograph to come out.  The follow spot had followed the artist into the audience and I lined myself up so that her head hid the light source and because I didn't have much time, I dialed the camera to one of the custom settings I have set up for low light situations knowing that it would also disable the flash so that it wouldn't ruin the effect I was going for.  I made some minor post processing changes in Light Room including converting it to Grayscale, boosting the exposure, brightness, and contrast.  Since the exposure was at 1/80 sec at f/4.5, ISO 3200, I had to also use a little bit of Noise reduction.  Copyright 2010 Metromix, LLC [Credit: Anthony J. DeMeglio | IMAGES BY DeMEGLIO]