In the continuing story of the NDP election in Outremont,
(cf.
http://www.apug.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=29218&ppuser=6132) I've been following these jolly fellows around whenever they organize local events. It's easier to do when your roomates are volunteer for the party.
In December, I check the messages on my answering machine, and catch an invitation to a 5 to 7 nearby. I grab my gear, and head to the café where it is hosted. Unbeknownst to me, the event was for the party volunteers only, so the cerberus at the door was at pains to figure out whether he should give me that free drink ticket.
Luckily one of my roomate was there, and got me in, allowing me to snap pictures during the evening. I also had the occasion to show around the other ones I made previously, and feedback was kind and positive.
Eventually, the photos of that evening ended up very plain and mildly interesting, but this one stood out. I had been taking pictures with flash all evening, but when Jack Layton (the NDP chief) was doing an interview for Radio-Canada, I remembered the famous first principle of exposure: it's only the distance between light and subject that matters, not the distance between camera and subject.
Knowing that the TV cameraman had enough light, I reasoned that I too had enough light, even though I was much farther. So I metered the reporter's face, opened one stop, and snapped a few pics with only the light source you see atop the camera.
I love everyone's expression on the shot, and the chiaroscuro effect of the light, I think it will go in the exhibit about the NDP I am trying to setup for the end of March.
