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Maisie has been attending a local dance school for a couple of months now and she absolutely loves it. She will be taking part in a show next month which she recently had a dress rehearsal for. It sounded like a good opportunity for me to shoot my week 21 photograph and for Maisie to have another play in her outfits.

Strobist:

Same setup as for the week 20 photograph: 20/52: Party Dress (Setup)

Ranger A Head, B port at 5.0, 70cm white maxisoft with silver deflector and sock, above camera.
Ranger Quadra A Head, A port at 4.0, 135 Midi Octa with both diffusers, camera left.
Ranger Quadra A Head, B port at 2.8, 130x50 strip with both diffusers, rear camera left
Ranger Quadra A Head, B port at 2.8, 130x50 strip with both diffusers, rear camera right
RX600, 3.0, 21cm reflector and barn doors, rear camera left to light white background.
RX600, 3.0, 21cm reflector and barn doors, rear camera right to light white background.

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I think that Maisie measures how much she likes her clothes on some sort of spinning scale. This outfit was actually bought for the wedding that we attended a couple of weeks ago and she was wearing it for my Week 18 photograph. It must be a favourite though as she is wearing it to a friend's birthday party this afternoon. Happy Birthday Sofia.

It's been a while since I produced anything from the studio so it was nice to be able to get back in there for a play. I'm not sure who was enjoying it more!

Strobist:

20/52: Party Dress (Setup)

Ranger A Head, B port at 5.0, 70cm white maxisoft with silver deflector and sock, above camera.
Ranger Quadra A Head, A port at 4.0, 135 Midi Octa with both diffusers, camera left.
Ranger Quadra A Head, B port at 2.8, 130x50 strip with both diffusers, rear camera left
Ranger Quadra A Head, B port at 2.8, 130x50 strip with both diffusers, rear camera right
RX600, 3.0, 21cm reflector and barn doors, rear camera left to light white background.
RX600, 3.0, 21cm reflector and barn doors, rear camera right to light white background.

Triggered by Skyport Speed.

Setup for "20/52: Party Dress"

Also setup for "21/52: Dress Rehearsal"

Strobist:

Ranger A Head, B port at 5.0, 70cm white maxisoft with silver deflector and sock, above camera.
Ranger Quadra A Head, A port at 4.0, 135 Midi Octa with both diffusers, camera left.
Ranger Quadra A Head, B port at 2.8, 130x50 strip with both diffusers, rear camera left
Ranger Quadra A Head, B port at 2.8, 130x50 strip with both diffusers, rear camera right
RX600, 3.0, 21cm reflector and barn doors, rear camera left to light white background.
RX600, 3.0, 21cm reflector and barn doors, rear camera right to light white background.

Triggered by Skyport Speed.

We've had a great weekend with some old friends visiting. We haven't had a proper catch up for several years so it was nice to spend a few days with them, especially as the weather was finally so kind to us! It made such a difference after what has felt like months of rain.

Yesterday, we headed out to the Newark Show for a few hours. It was really good fun with lots to see and do. Jack was in seventh heaven, when he finally woke up from his nap, as he was surrounded by many of his favourite things in the world: tractors, horses, dogs, cars etc.

There was a show jumping event taking place in one of the rings and I found it really enjoyable trying to time the photographs so the horse and riders looked as impressive as they did in real life. A fraction of a second early or late often made a surprising difference.

The sun was great to help define the muscles on the horses. It also gave their skin an amazing sheen.

We had a fun day. I'm sure we'll be back again next year.

We were back down in Hampshire this weekend to attend the wedding of some close friends of ours, Craig and Amy. It was a great day and we were so lucky with the weather considering the perpetual rain we've been having recently.

Although I took my camera along, I really wanted to simply spend the day enjoying some time with my family and friends. However, I couldn't resist grabbing my camera while Maisie and Jack were playing on the grass outside the church after the ceremony.

Jack had just fallen down a small, but quite steep, slope and ended up rolling on to Maisie's dress. They both found this extremely funny. I love it when they are playing happily together, especially on such a special day.