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| The First Lady of Nevada, in her beautiful home. |    |
| These were difficult rooms to photograph. |    |
| The rooms were so large I needed all my umbrellas (and then some). |    |
| One of the beautiful dining rooms, this was my favorite room to shoot. |    |
| This many setups in one day would be a challenge even for a photo team, let along a D30 loner. |    |
| Mrs. Guinn was a most gracious host and very patient. |    |
| I needed much more than the three hours I had to cover it all. But it was fun trying. |    |
| Even the staff was generous with their posing. |    |
| A number of shots of the Mansion's outside showing lens and vantage points even slightly different yield very different results. |    |
| Lessons Learned: | Yipes, it's no wonder top interior photographers routinely
earn $1500 and up for a day's shooting. They earn every penny of it
(and do a far better job than I did). By the end of the shoot I was
completely exhausted from moving the three umbrella stands around -- and
it would have been impossible to do even a third of what I covered with
wired lights (thank goodness for the EOS wireless flash).
If I had to do it again I'd concentrate on fewer rooms with better setups. I was working fast because I knew I was taking up Mrs. G's very valuable time, but I was also trying to cover it all. I'd also take more available light shots -- with a tripod many of the rooms could have been covered this way and it would have made a nice change (note the large meeting room above was done with available light). The portrait of the cook in the kitchen was available light and |I think it works. |
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