Happy Friday. Yesterday after work I went up to La Casa De Pancho restaurant to take some more images for the website I am building for them. I wanted some fun pictures of patrons at the bar enjoying an adult beverage.
Since I couldn’t count on random customers being at the bar and allowing me to take pictures I bribed some good friends with the promise of a free margarita (as in one only) if they would let me take some images of them at the restaurant.
I had thought about the lighting set up for sometime. Last Saturday I actually had too much lighting for the small restaurant. It was hard to maneuver around and it blocked a lot of the traffic lanes.
So this time I opted for a smaller strobe with a white umbrella modifier and reflected light to cover the entire bar. I think it worked pretty good. The image above is one of the test shots I took to get the settings right.
This is the final image (I think) that will go on the new website. The lady serving the margarita is the owner of the restaurant Leticia. She is a very nice lady and makes a wicked margarita. If you get a chance I would suggest you try the Cadillac Margarita. Not that I have tried it mind you. 🙂
Anyway the shoot went pretty good. I was out of there by 6:00 pm and we only disrupted one group of customers. I think they got tired of the strobe going off and they moved to the other side of the restaurant.
That’s it for today. Enjoy your Friday. Thanks for checking out the blog and a special thanks to my friends for helping me out. I am really very grateful for you and for the help. Be careful.
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Technical comment (do not take personal). The people are lit okay (well not actually but good enuf) however you have no lighting on the background. Step back and look at this picture. It is luminescence grey scaled from left (brightest) to right (darkest). Lighting for a production shoot should be even (very hard to do without strobes, it is why I have six flashes). If you do go back at some point, light the walls and back light the people (exit stage right). On the other hand, the reflections in the bar is excellent, makes anyone thinking about coming there feel like the place is spotless clean.
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Hi Dana
No personal offense taken. I always welcome your critique. Normally I agree with your assessment but on this occasion this is exactly (right or wrong) the look I was trying for. So I’m happy with it. Thanks for your comments though and please keep them coming. I have learned much from you.
Regards, Dave Updegraff ³People Rarely Succeed At Anything Unless They Have FUN Doing It.² My Blog | Photography | Web Site | Genesis Process
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