After Dark Photography Education – St Louis, MO – 2013

Anyone who regularly followed the Tangents blog during the past year or so, will know that I’ve raved about the After Dark events that I attended (and presented at). In my opinion, After Dark is the best (and most fun) learning experience that I’ve encountered.

If you want more details about After Dark:
- After Dark Edu website for more info
- After Dark on Facebook, if you want to closely follow discussions

The one After Dark event that was announced for 2013, was held in St Louis. As before, I did several presentations and I’d like to show some of the images that I shot while here.

camera settings:  1/60 @ f/4 @ 1600 ISO … using video lights
Nikon D4 (B&H);  Nikon 24-120mm f/4 VR (B&H)

The pull-back shot to show how the video lights were positioned:

camera settings:  1/60 @ f/4 @ 1600 ISO … using video lights
Nikon D4 (B&H);  Nikon 24-120mm f/4 VR (B&H)

camera settings:  1/40 @ f/4 @ 1600 ISO … using video light
Nikon D4 (B&H);  Nikon 24-120mm f/4 VR (B&H)

camera settings:  1/60 @ f/4 @ 1600 ISO … using video light
Nikon D4 (B&H);  Nikon 24-120mm f/4 VR (B&H)

A pull-back shot to show more or less how the video light was positioned for that image:

camera settings:  1/60 @ f/4 @ 1600 ISO … using bounce flash
Nikon D4 (B&H);  Nikon 24-120mm f/4 VR (B&H)

This photo was from the workshop on using the black foamie thing and bounce flash. Check this link for the comparison on bounce flash with & without the black foamie thing.

camera settings:  1/30 @ f/4 @ 1600 ISO … using a video light
Nikon D4 (B&H);  Nikon 24-120mm f/4 VR (B&H)
model: Megan Daniel

I also repeated this photo of Megan with the Fuji X100s (B&H), so you’ll see her again in another article on the Fuji.

You’ll notice that the images here were all shot with the Nikon 24-120mm f/4 VR (B&H). I wanted to travel light when I flew to St Louis. Therefore my laptop was a MacBook Air, and I compromised on my lenses, by only bringing the Nikon zoom with the more expansive focal range. Even though the Nikon 24-120mm f/4 VR (B&H) has a slower aperture than I would ideally like, the vibration reduction helped off-set the slow shutter speeds.

Again, if you would like to attend the most vibrant photography event, then check out the After Dark Edu website for future info.

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