September 2020
Beginner
204 pages
3h 17m
English
ASSIGNMENT
Most towns host a fair during the summer months. It may be a large state fair or a small town carnival. The size doesn’t matter. Your assignment is to use the lights of the fair and the excitement in the crowd to make some fun photographs at night.
TECHNIQUE
I usually arrive at the fair around sunset to get the lay of the land. I look for rides and carnival booths that are the most popular and are brightly lit. Once it’s dark, I look for interesting faces in the crowd, expressions of excitement in children, or weariness in parents. I use a fast lens and I grab shots of faces illuminated by the light of the fair.
Don’t worry about ISO, but if your shutter speed drops below 1/60th of a second, ...
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