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My mom had an art show, and of course I’m once again the designated photographer. She’s been doing mostly abstract stuff lately, and her abstract stuff is hit or miss, with some pieces showing excellent color design while others somewhat incoherent. So far just about everyone preferred her traditional Chinese watercolors of flowers.
Shooting events like an art show is very tricky because you want to get everything in focus, but if you stop down the aperature for a vast depth of field, you’ll slow down the shutter speed and cause motion blur. If you use a flash, you’ll need to adjust it so that it doesn’t overpower the ambient light of the environment. I’ve got a little formula worked out that has proven to work very well for most indoor shots with ambient light, and that’s the formula I used to shoot the art show. Photos from the show could be seen here, complete with my stupid commentary.
