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Thank you for your suggestions, James. The
building and situations under which I am photographing cause some of the
problems. There is no real ceiling to bounce the flash off of - The
ceiling is about 15 feet high and is just a dark hole. It looks great in
the gallery and the space is put to use for "high" flying exhibits (an actual
model of the Wright Bros. plane was hung in this area for a recent exhibit of
work put up by The American Society of Aviation Artist's - amazing art work, by
the way). I've tried bouncing off of walls but that doesn't always
work.
Setting lights up around the gallery is not an
option due to light stands, etc. getting in the way, people tripping, lights
getting knocked over and crashing in to a piece of art work, etc.
Part of my job is to photograph receptions which
means photographing groups of people and following the artist/guests around to
all areas of the gallery/museum. I like to stay in the background, but I
may just have to start asking people to "stand there, please" so I can control
the lighting.
The most difficult part is photographing the artist
while they give presentations to the guests. The audience is seated
in a rather large area and the artist is 10 or so feet in front of the
audience.
Back to the drawing board {:->
Marilyn
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