Barranquilla every year has a party in the streets for 4 days before Ash Wednesday. It has parades, comedy plays and parties nearly all night long. The culture of Colombia really pops out on this day like all the beautiful dancers who come out for the parade.

The parade was sunny and that casted a horrible shadow. The event coordinator had set the photographers in a bad position. That meant hard harsh lights, this called for a neutral density filter to be use to cut down the brightness of the sun.

The sun also casted shadows needing a flash to fill in the light. I used the Olympus FL-600 to fill in the flash. The distance was not fall enough for a 100mm lens so it required that I boost he power some and since the shutter was so fast I would have syncing issues so I put it in Fast Sync mode.

Camera: Olympus OMD E-M5
Lens Model: LUMIX G VARIO 35-100/F2.8
Flash: Olympus FL-600
Flash Settings: FP TTL Flash Mode +2
ISO: 250
Aperture: ƒ/4
Shutter: 1/1600
Mode: Manual
Filter: Circular Polarizer, HOYA ND8 Filter
Post Processing: Aperture 3.5,

Erick Redcloud

A partially blind Graphic Designer, Freelance Travel Photographer, Artist, Buddhist and Vegetarian who loves to travel. Erick loves traveling by being with the locals and going off the beaten path. He is the founder and owner of Pathlesstravels and loves inspiring others to follow their dreams, whether it is to travel or something completely different. He started Pathlesstravels to hone is photography skills and to meet amazing people, and to help a friend break into journalism. Check out his photography at his link.

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