Lowlight: Being offered champagne and strawberries by the very hospitable crowd and not having time to take advantage.
Fill in: The Audley End Estate needed some general publicity shots for the events and brief was to capture people having good time with the house and stage in the background as well as a few shots of the live acts. How hard could it be? Actually getting just getting around through the crowds sprawled across the grounds without knocking over bottles of wine, lit candles and lanterns, or landing head first into a Harrods hamper was an accomplishment in itself. Other obstacles included inflatable beds, candelabra, washing lines with knickers pegged to them (Tom jones was performing) and whole family dining rooms recreated in the open air complete with napkins, dinner service and champagne chillers.Plus people tended to be arranged facing the stage (how inconsiderate of them) so getting laughing faces and the stage in the background usually required some furniture arranging. But the sun was shining and people were having a good time.
Tech Spec: The sun was setting right behind the stage so the crowd were either heavily back lit or my long shadow was in the picture. Fill in flash didn't really do the job but a lens hood was essential and well as lots of squatting and leaning to try and get my shadow out of shot. I shot with standard zoom to the the groups of people and overall scenes and a long zoom to get close up and details. The scene was highly lit so differential focussing was the only was to eliminate the very busy backgrounds.
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