I recently completed a two day job for a Pharmaceutical company in London. As well as documenting their press launch and conference, I also had to photograph their guests at an evening dinner on the 23rd floor of the hotel - overlooking the city.
It was a real challenge with restaurant intimacy dictated by the black painted walls, ceiling and a black carpet. I was under instruction to avoid using flash (which I would've done anyway), and even if I had wanted to, there was no way to bounce the flash (with everything being, yup, black!).
Despite everything stacked against me, the equipment performed brilliantly. Some of my favourite images of the night are below. Please feel free to leave you comments at the end of the photos.
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Photo info:
I had two cameras with me, the Canon 5D MkII fitted with a 24mm f/1.4 lens - and a Canon 1D MkIV with the 85mm f/1.2. ISOs were set at 3200, and shutter speeds sometimes went as low as 1/13 second.
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