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Bellydancers

Postby darklightphotography on Sat Jun 20, 2009 2:01 am

I shot a bellydance show tonight, in preparation for a burlesque show tomorrow night at the same venue.

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All shots Nikon D300 | 70-200 2.8 | 1/125s @ f5.6 ISO 400. 2 remote speedlights. I love Nikon's CLS!
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Re: Bellydancers

Postby Marvin on Sat Jun 20, 2009 8:14 am

I think these are excellent. Great lighting.
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Re: Bellydancers

Postby DebT on Sat Jun 20, 2009 8:54 am

Excellent shots !
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Re: Bellydancers

Postby fozzie on Sat Jun 20, 2009 9:28 am

Kevin - you have a very nice technique working for you at the moment. I am sure the same results will carry over to the burlesque show tonight.
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Re: Bellydancers

Postby zafra52 on Sat Jun 20, 2009 11:30 am

I quite like the second.
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Re: Bellydancers

Postby Matt. K on Sat Jun 20, 2009 2:17 pm

They dance on your belly???? :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock:
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Re: Bellydancers

Postby surenj on Sat Jun 20, 2009 3:38 pm

Lovely shots! Great lighting especially in difficult and tricky lights that seem to happen on stage.

I would be really keen to see your EXIF data and a rough idea of where the flashes were in relation to the stage etc.
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Re: Bellydancers

Postby surenj on Sat Jun 20, 2009 3:40 pm

Matt. K wrote:They dance on your belly???? :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock:


Matt, they dance their bellies so that ours will dance. :twisted:
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Re: Bellydancers

Postby darklightphotography on Sat Jun 20, 2009 5:53 pm

surenj wrote:Lovely shots! Great lighting especially in difficult and tricky lights that seem to happen on stage.

I would be really keen to see your EXIF data and a rough idea of where the flashes were in relation to the stage etc.


For stage shows I always use manual mode, and the same with the speedlights. For this show I mounted 2 speedlights about 2.5m off the ground above the front edge of the stage, and about 4m apart, both on 1/8 power. If you look at shot #1 you can see the 2 shadows under her nose. I set the speedlights to achieve 1/125s @ f4 center stage, and then I adjust aperture depending on the dancers position. You have quite a bit of latitude shooting raw so you can get away with less than perfect exposures.
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