qui traite majoritairement de photos avec des flash déportés et pas mal d'inventivité ) qui donne pas mal de conseils de prise de vue avec la plupart du temps des vidéos explicatives postées par différentes personnes. I regularly visit the site very good strobist (blog that deals predominantly with photo flash and deported a lot of inventiveness) that gives a lot of advice shooting mostly instructional videos posted by different people.

The videos are always a plus for me they can get a lot of information and give very specific ideas of shooting conditions. . Lire la suite de cet article » In order to share with you a little bit more, I decided to put me gently to make some videos for the blog. Read the rest of this entry »

When covering this type of event ( aperitifs urban ) it is difficult to limit it to pictures would be done just for ourselves, we seek to represent the evening, the atmosphere, take as many people while attempting to maintain a consistent and quality work and this in a fairly short period of time.

I decided early on to work with images hot, saturated with shallow depth of field to isolate my subjects, this guideline will be retained in future blankets to keep a certain unity in my images.
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I arrived on the scene a little later, nothing seems to charge the batteries for the D200 it takes time ... I like to discharge the batteries thoroughly, I feel may be false as well discharged batteries cashing better recharge and deliver more autonomy.

I got there around 7:30 p.m. and the sun was already low enough behind the buildings, the coverage area was already completely in the shade, on the one hand I like this kind of light rather poor in large variations of light, it avoids a maximum cramées areas and contrasts too heavy.
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Friday it rained all day, after a heavy rain the sun finally appeared in the vicinity of 18h, steering up to stephanie brussels center to cover aperitifs this Friday, July 20.

The place is much more cramped than the previous week , the bright confitions more complex, I have no trees to filter the light, the sun is directly in the early evening and hidden by the buildings in the late evening.

The TV (80/200 2.8) will be more complex to use, less recoil, more people are grouped, I decide to work longer to 50mm in order to continue to play with depth of field while being close enough to people.
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Last year I contacted Virginia that organizes urban aperitifs in Brussels to create images for them.

The principle is simple appetizers, various places of the capital are laid on for a night, people gather around a glass, the goal: Develop a sense of belonging to his city and encourage people to meet .

This type of event brings together elements that are in my opinion interesting photographically interesting:

People in a spirit of friendliness, a beautiful light (aperitifs are from 17h30 to 23h), interesting spaces offering different lighting scenes, short enough to take good pictures.
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