You can’t judge these shots until you read this…HA!

Have you ever had a day where nothing worked out the way it was supposed to?  Well I had 2 of them back to back…lol.  Whiteface sought my service to help capture their Prom for 2011 and I thank you guys very very much for letting me be a part of this significant period of time for these kids.  Stuff like this only comes a few times for most and I’m honored that you entrusted me to snag these moments.  My plans were to set up a Photo Booth for the kids….you know open air with a huge white back drop a lot of props and the kids just being…well kids.  Where my plan started to fall apart was Friday…UPS never showed up with the my stands and 12×24 backdrop I ordered just for this event.  So there goes PLAN “A” out the window.  In a panic I call up my good friend Kristen who just finished doing a Photo Booth set up at the Lubbock Cooper Prom with great succes.  She opened up access for me to go and grab her gear so that I could still do what I wanted to do….“Love you tons KB for being you”! So now with PLAN “B” in full swing thanks to Kristen I head out to the location to start getting setup.  The schedule was simple with me taking the scenic picture for the couples from 5;30-7 and then they were leaving at that point to go to dinner.  Well Whiteface only wanted me to be there from 5:30-7 and that’s all I charged them for but since I wanted to do the Photo Booth I told them I’d stay for a few more hours no charge just to do this for them.  So I get everyone done with the scenic shots on time and then they all start to head off to dinner.  I figured I would go ahead and get everything for the booth set up at this point and then go eat dinner with them since they had offered.  Here is PLAN “B” falling apart….I set up the stands and put the back drop paper on the bar and then slowly started to on roll the paper to stretch it out for the set.  Turns out there was only 5 ft left on the roll….who would have known…it’s on the roll and you just can really tell how much is left until you roll it out…lol.  Yip that’s what I said!  So PLAN “A” was the 12×24 backdrop that didn’t show up…PLAN “B” was borrowed equipment with a 10x whatever paper back drop…that ended up being a bit short.  At this point I think most folks would have been done….well I decided I wanted to do this so I was going to find away one way or another!  On to PLAN “C”… All I had left were two white floor boards which were 4×8 sheets used for walking on to help keep the paper from getting snagged on heels and shoes.  They were dirty and a little beat up but the only thing white I had left to use.  I lay them flat on the floor and duct tapped them together from behind to give me a 8×8 white back drop…not ideal in anyway or form especially with the huge 8ft seam in the middle that was going to show up in almost every shot.  It worked….barely I’m so glad I had my Profoto D1 500′s with me other wise I would have been toast!  I hit the background with a second light at full power the blow out the white seam as best as it could be done all things considered and then photoshopped a little in afterwards.  The big negative about having the second light the way I did was the hot spots it created on the subjects…but it had to be there.  The 8ft seam is still present in a few shots but it’s not too bad…I have to say that once these kids got into it…they really got into it!  So I will apologize now for the little inconsistencies in some of the photo booth shots but it’s just how it had to be to get anything at all.  I hope you guys all enjoyed yourselves because I sure did just watching you guys.  I thank you once again for having me….I hope you make it a habit to have me around in the future!

I sure wish I could have done this at a few other Proms that were close to me….it could have been really fun.

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