Learning to use a Snoot

Last weekend, I had the opportunity to try using a Snoot with a couple of children. A snoot fits over your portable flash, which is what I was using. It also fits over a studio light and lets you control the direction and the radius of the light beam. We had a lot of fun with it, but I find I have a lot to learn about it and my camera too. My camera had a difficult time focusing at times, so even though I took quite a few pictures, they did not all turn out. I eventually went to manual focusing, which helped.

You need to have the person sitting with their face towards the light, but not necessarily looking at it. This is easier to do with adults than with children, but they were enjoying themselves so it was a fun session. 

This first picture has Christmas lights in the background. He was having a good laugh over how I wanted him to sit.

And, of course, he decided to have fun with the photographer. 

His sister enjoyed posing for the pictures too. In this one she is looking just to the side of the light, but it looks like she is looking right at the light.

I enjoyed this last one. She had been wearing a blanket around her head, and I said she looked like Mary, so she is posing as Mary. She didn't want to smile, so I said she could pose, but not smile. She certainly took me up on that.

I'll have to try doing some more of this ... will need some volunteers to sit and pose for me. I've tried doing this with a teddy bear, but I can't get the bear to pose for me. He just sits there. 

I will give thanks to You, O Lord, among the peoples; 

I will sing praises to You among the nations ... 

Psalm 57:9