Last Friday - on Sept. 5 - I had a new type of assignment: covering a political fundraiser. Client was the candidate the fundraiser was for. The event was being held indoors on a college campus, so I put the flash unit and diffuser on the dSLR - only to be told upon arrival by the event’s “star” that the many old paintings all around the room meant no flash could be used.
Shooting without flash turned out to be the easy part of covering the event. Unfortunately for the “star” - a candidate for a judgeship - his white hair blended into the paint in most conceivable backgrounds around the room! Constant motion prevented use of the dark paintings as a background - as did the candidate’s dark suit. His wife’s and daughter’s hair and outfits did stand out in photos.
Depth of field was shallow - due to the use of non-flash available-light shooting.
I discussed sizing the photos for Web site use with the candidate during our time at the event, recommending a good size for such use - and had the smaller ones all emailed to him in plenty of time. The one of local musician Tom Maxwell (below) playing the event was his favorite.

Area musician Tom Maxwell plays Matthew Martin’s fundraiser in Chapel Hill, N.C.,
Sept. 5, 2014.