Apart from the fact that, having listened intently for three hours in Photography this afternoon, the equipment I'd lugged home didn't bloody work.
I love taking photos. Really love taking photos. But I find the technical stuff utterly baffling. (Just like I did when diving). Will I ever be able to overcome this? I don't know. I tried really hard this evening, but eventually reverted to auto/portrait.
However, having taken one photo with the flash syncing (and many completely black ones) I'm not sure that it really mattered not having it. I'm still surprisingly really pleased with the photos we got. With the former, it was a rather harsh light; whereas I really like the softer yellow light we got through using only the modelling one.
Hats off to the girls too. Mini, back for the weekend, and exhausted, but totally up for doing it, and her mate Lucie. They were amazing with their choices of outfits. They worked so well. So, all in all, we had a fab evening, managed not to break a leg (although we all tried too; very small house!); didn't break the equipment - any more than it's already broken; and got some shots we were all really pleased with.
Although I'll struggle to justify the 'Face Value' brief. I'll just blame the equipment.
Our very makeshift studio
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