Conservativa

A reporter from Massachusetts, former Mass. Gov. and presidential candidate Mitt Romney, Lt. Gov. Bill Bolling, and a Romney/Bolling supporter at a Bill Bolling fundraiser last night in Glen Allen, Virginia. Romney and Bolling stood gamely out in the 90+ degree heat and humidity and talked with the almost 400 supporters, many of whom had friends taking pictures with the former (and maybe future?) presidential candidate.

Photo notes - please skip if you aren’t a photo geek… this photo borrows two ideas from Strobist. One is “strobe on a stick,” i.e. flash affixed to a monopod and triggered remotely; the other is using a CTO gel on the flash, with the camera’s white balance turned as far tungsten as it will go (2800K). The result is a glowing blue sky and over-warm skin tones. It wasn’t far from sunset outside, but this CTO use exaggerates that look. Canon EOS5D, ISO 200, 1/60 at f/14 (to shut out much of the ambient), 24mm. Canon 580EX flash, on manual, at about 1/2 power. Didn’t record the zoom setting, sorry. Guessing 105.