Posada

Chelsea Cruz, 8, of Tulare (as the shepherd girl), Krystal Chavaz, 7, of Tulare, (as Mary), Logan Johnson, 7, of Visalia (as Joseph) and Alyssa Johnson, 5, of Visalia (as an Angel), all first cousins, conduct a posada (a Latin American Christmas celebration) at the Tulare home of their aunt. © Tulare Advance-Register

Shooting this live nativity scene I asked the family to ID the children. Several of them gasped (after reviewing the image on my camera back) because the angel looked like she had a real halo.

How it was done:
The halo effect was my solution to a distracting part of the image. A hanging lamp was sticking out from behind the subject’s head(s). After taking several frames trying to work aroundit, a little light went off in my head. Put the lamp directly behind the angels head and open of the exposure so the light cascades across the ceiling. There you have it from distracting element to best part of the image just by moving a few inches.