Pirates of the Gulf of Mexico

I had a great weekend in Venice Florida with my old school mate Keith. He celebrated his 50th birthday with a pirate theme party. It was great fun, and I met a bunch of cool people. Before making the trip I asked Keith what he thought about setting up a photo booth and taking shots of the party guest in their costumes. Needless to say, he was all in.

Keith and I set up a back drop on the back porch away from the high traffic areas. We used a bed sheet, an old hammock, and some party decorations. We also placed a couple of potted plants on either side to frame the scene. Once most of the guests had arrived, we started sending them to the booth.

For the set up I used the Alien Bees B800 with the large octo-box as the main, and an SB800 with a shoot through umbrella as fill. The AB was fired via cyber sync radio trigger and the SB800 via SU-4 slave mode.

This was a really fun little project, and a great way to save memories from a special event. I'd love to try this for Halloween!

--Steve