I was asked again this year to help usher at the local National Day of Prayer Breakfast. It is held each year here at the Riverside Ballroom built in 1936. It is such a neat room that I thought it and the Day would be a good entrant for the Challenge.
In 1952, a joint resolution by Congress signed by President Truman declared an annual National Day of Prayer. In 1988, the law was amended and signed by President Reagen permanently setting National Day of Prayer as the first Thursday of every May.
I had a challenge with this shot. The chandeliers are overexposed a bit but I had to expose for the room and the people. I really wanted to emphasize the room as it is very unique. This place has a history also. On February 1 1959, Buddy Holly, J. P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson and Ritchie Valens played here to the Green Bay audience. It was their second to last concert before the plane crash that took their lives in Iowa the following night.
2 comments:
You did a very good job of nailing the exposure indoors and across such a large room. Although the chandeliers themselves are over-exposed, as you say, that doesn't bother me cos you expect that when you are looking at a room full of people like that. The exposure on the detail is much more important and very well handled. Well done.
Great work.
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