pandaimaging wrote:
AGeoJO wrote
I miss the carnival days in Venice.... but here are 2 images from my previous shooting there. The first image was captured using the FE 35mm f/1.4 at wide open and the second one with the Batis 85mm f/1.8 on a different camera. Yes, you could get away with a zoom lens and a single body but no way, you could get the kind of bokeh with a zoom lens. Did you hire that model? Or do people just dress up and model for people?
Those images were taken during the mask carnival in Venice. There are a lot of people that wear mask and costumes. They are all willing and actually they are glad to pose for you. You exchange the contact information, mostly email or FB name and In return you send or post images on FB and you tag them. I have been there 5 times during that event and I know the regulars there and I did invite them to a personal session, such as on the gondola, for example.
That place looks deserted in both images but believe me, it was like a zoo, There were tons of photographers and people wearing costumes there. For those spots, we asked bystanders to clear the area behind the “model” to create that impression.
Hope this helps,
Joshua