Hall of Presidents in the Magic Kingdom

Photographic Innoventions by Scott Thomas

The Hall of Presidents in the Magic Kingdom, Walt Disney World, Orlando, Florida

US Presidents on stage during the Hall of Presidents show.
Nikon D700/Tokina 11-16mm, 1/30s, f/2.8, ISO 2200, EV -2.0, 15mm focal length.

For my Disney Pic of Week on Liberty Square, I wanted to share this photo of the Hall of Presidents stage with all the United States Presidents and give a little technical information on how I took it. To be able to photograph the entire stage, I sat back 6 rows and got a seat in the middle. The show had lots of room so I did not bother anyone (this time). I used my ultra wide angle lens, the Tokina 11-16mm f/2.8, and set it to 15mm focal length. If you have a DX sensor, you would use 11mm for this lens. I spot metered on the brightly lit stage and needed to set my camera’s EV to -2 so as not to blow out the faces of the Audio-Animatronic Presidents. How did I know this? I took a few photos before this and kept dialing down the EV until the blow out areas on my camera’s LCD stopped blinking.

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Scott's "Photographic Innoventions" blog focuses on intermediate to advanced photography concepts and techniques relevant for Point and Shoot and Digital SLR cameras.

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