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One other look I often use at parties

is the spotlight party look.

I like this look as it doesn't make

it so obvious that there was a flash

involved as in some of the previous looks.

It looks more like a caught moment under

the spotlight and that's why I call it

spotlight party look.

For this technique, instead of keeping the flash

on the camera, we need to take it

off again.

The first thing you will want to do

is to set the zoom setting on the

flash all the way closed, so let's say

to 200 millimeters, so that the light hits

only one part of the frame.

Additionally, keep your lens wide like at 24

-28 millimeters to emphasize the darkness around the

subject that is lit with the flash.

The power output of your flash can be

set to the regular TTL setting and then

you can again close the aperture completely to

22.

Set the shutter to balance the available light

as you prefer it, but not slower than

30th of a second so that it doesn't

drag too much light.

Usually I have my shutter around 60th of

a second and then lastly I would use

the ISO to fine-tune the total exposure

and the amount of flash fired.

And now that you're all set all you

need to do is to stretch your hand

and point this narrow light beam to the

part of the photo you want to highlight.

It's a bit more difficult than the dynamic

party look in terms of pointing the flash

in the right way and highlighting the part

of the frame that you're supposed to, but

with some practice it can give you wonderful

results.

It can be helpful to use LED light

on the flash also to be able to

see where it's pointed.

I would just keep it in the lowest

settings so that I'm not getting too much

in people's faces with the light while they're

dancing.

And let me tell you something, I lately

use this look more often than the dynamic

party look.

It also creates that party vibe but not

by not showing too much, yet it's a

bit more surprising and interesting to me.

But now that you know both you can

choose the one that would fit your work

better or your weddings better.

And that's it for the spotlight party look.

Next up is the night ambience look.

See you in the next lesson.