Our afternoon meetings continue, as we’re experimenting with the flash, and we need the area to be dark. There’s nothing better than starting off with a game. And that’s what we did!  Afterwards we watched a video in which Plato Rivellis presented the work of Henri Cartier Bresson. The greatest part of the meeting however, was dedicated to the technical matters of the flash and  rear curtain sync.  Here are two photos (in two versions each) that we took:

This meeting was rather short-lived, as most members of the group were going to travel to Bucharest the next day. To begin, we perused some wedding photos which were not the classic, standard shots we are all used to. Demonstrating there is some leeway for someone who wants to express themselves artistically, even in areas of applied photography.  The main topic we occupied ourselves with was the flash. We learned some basic things about its function, such as that it can be used to “freeze” an image. We conducted a little experiment in which we threw flour in to the air and tried to “freeze” its movement whilst it was falling. And of course, we did this in the dark of the day. Although the exposure time was quite long, the image was indeed “frozen”, as the shutter speed does not affect the exposure when using the flash, it only does so for ambient lighting.

Today’s meeting was rather different from the rest. The main topic we discussed was the planning of an educational visit to Athens. For this reason we had brought with us our parents, since they are our ... financial sponsors! Afterwards we went out for a while in the school yard and saw the International Space Station passing above us in the night sky! And we could not lose the opportunity to play a game. In the picture below you can see us trying to guess which story is true and which is not. This was followed by a visit to a village tavern.