Our friends from the band OrangeLine, hooked us up with a great shoot, of a benefit they were playing. It took place at the Corcoran Gallery of Art, in Washington, DC. The gallery is truly an amazing place, with all of the old architecture and such.

This had to be, one of our most challenging shoots to date, as far as lighting was concerned. The inside of the gallery is quite large, only being lit by large pot lamps, shooting straight up the columns. Needless to say, it was pretty dark and had 50 foot ceilings, with nowhere to really bounce our flash off of. What do you do in a situation like this, you ask? Improvise! It starts with really cranking your ISO up, and opening up your aperture. We would bounce light off whatever would could find, whether it be a white concrete column, or the white shirt of some guy, that had removed his black coat and tie. Needless to say, it all worked out in the end. We were able really capture the mood and ambiance of the gallery, due to the lack of light.