Dansey Place, London, September 2018
Thanks go to Tom Chaplin at Master The Light who runs a variety of photo walks and workshops in and around London. These are from his High ISO Portrait walk.
Copyright Debbie Smyth, 6 September 2018
Posted as part of Norm’s Doors
Travel with Intent 
Thank you for sharing your photo shoot with us. It was interesting to check out your photos and the comments. I also commend you for stepping out of your comfort zone and giving portraiture a go. The results are great and I particularly like the strong shadow in the last photo.
Best wishes,
Rowena
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These shots turned out really well, Debbie. I was glad of the explanation, as I wondered how you got the photos of the woman.
janet
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I’m not really a portrait person but this was a very interesting and helpful evening.
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Nice natural looking shots despite the challenging shooting conditions. Can I ask what ISO you shot at? The images seem so sharp with no noticeable noise.
One thing I’ve never been too sure of in dark conditions is white balance. I mean, how do you choose the temperature of your light source when there’s really no light source? I usually shoot RAW at Daylight WB and then adjust it by eye in post, but is there a rule of thumb that you use?
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I’m often hear ISO 1600 quote ed as highest you should go but on some of the great modern cameras you can go higher. On my Sony I go a lot higher without my ch rescuing being needed. ISO on this shoot varied a lot. He firs 2 we’re in a dark alley with not much light on her face. The last one was in harsh light from surrounding street lights. I’ll confirm values later (on a train at the moment!)
As for white balance, I always use Auto!! My Sony judges far better than I could. I shoot raw and modify tones in Lightroom if I need to.
The workshop was about finding lights, positioning her to make the most of them. Teaching is to think, basically.
I have more shots to share, this was a quick pick of those that contained doors!!
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The ISOs for the three photos were 1600, 1250, 640.
I didn’t alter white balance for any of them
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