Ramone Nelson from Heritage High School won the best actor for his portrayal of Jean Valjean in Les Miserables at the Shuler Hensley Awards 2017 at the Cobb Energy Center on April 20, 2017. [Fuji X-E2, 55-200mm, ISO 6400, ƒ/4.4, 1/160]

Last night we were part of the “LIVE TV AUDIENCE” at the 2017 Shuler Hensley Awards Show, which is for Georgia High School Musical Theatre.

We were blown away by the performance of Heritage High School’s Les Miserables.

Most other families were not getting these photos because their Smart Phones do not get well-exposed pictures from far away. The images start to follow apart when they crop in because the photo’s resolution drops. Next, it is difficult for them to set the white balance and control the exposure. Now the very best they can do if they know what they are doing is get well-exposed photos. However, they cannot see or recognize their kid because the phone’s lens can’t reach them.

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We started the evening with the Red Carpet, where our daughter Chelle and her friend Camile came in together.

I was photographing this event like every other parent there with a camera.

The school chose our daughter and Joe Pitts from her high school to represent them in the ensemble, which performed the opening and closing numbers.

I shot with my Fuji X-E2 because I wanted a quiet camera while in the audience. It did a great job.

I chose to shoot the performance on a tungsten white balance setting. This way, as the light color changed, it would look like the audience saw it rather than the auto-white balance trying to correct it.

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