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Inside Spaceship Earth at Epcot

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Dark rides are very hard to photograph at Walt Disney World. Not only is the lighting very moody and low but the ride vehicles move so you have to keep your shutter speed around 1/60th of a second. Remember, you can not use flash in a dark ride. Disney Cast Members will interrupt the ride … Continue reading "Inside Spaceship Earth at Epcot"
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Chess Playing Pirates of the Caribbean

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Skeletons playing chess in the Pirates of the Caribbean to an eternal stalemate.Nikon D700/50mm, 1/20s, f/1.8, ISO 6400, EV +0.3. When you enter the Pirates of the Caribbean attraction in Walt Disney World and take the right queue line, you will see two skeletons playing chess. Imagineer Marc Davis set up the chess pieces so … Continue reading "Chess Playing Pirates of the Caribbean"
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Photographing The Magic, The Memories and You!

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Castle projections in the new The Magic, The Memories and You! show in the Magic Kingdom. Last month I was invited to the VIP party at the Magic Kingdom which presented for the first time the new The Magic, The Memories and You! show. I traveled without my tripod so I was unprepared to photograph … Continue reading "Photographing The Magic, The Memories and You!"
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Photographing the Main Street Electrical Parade

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Main Street Electrical Parade title float with Mickey Mouse.Nikon D700/28-300VR, 1/30s, f/3.5, ISO 1600, EV +0.3, 28mm focal length, rear-sync flash The last time I had an opportunity to photograph the Main Street Electrical parade (MSEP, for short) in the Magic Kingdom, I was using a film camera. I did all right but I was … Continue reading "Photographing the Main Street Electrical Parade"
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Doing the High ISO Dance

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One of the things I was looking forward to doing with my new equipment was using it on Walt Disney World’s dark rides. For the dark rides I set up my camera for spot metering and Auto ISO to go as high as 6400 with the slowest shutter speed of 1/125th of a second. I … Continue reading "Doing the High ISO Dance"
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