Sogetsu Hawaii Luncheon - 02/27/2016

I was invited to the Sogetsu Hawaii Luncheon held at the Ala Moana Hotel. I had no idea about the lighting but I figure w/ the high ISO of my new Canon 6D, it wouldn't be a problem. I was able to shoot most, if not all of these at ISO 1600! This is awesome since it would be so grainy w/ my 50D. I didn't need flash at all and I was using the 24-105mm with max aperture at F4.5 so it wasn't a low light lens. I think the lighting of the stage  and I had front row seat so those factors helped a lot. The sensei used a wide range of flowers.

It's a balancing act to keep the branches from falling as well as keeping with the design.

There's this mixed media arrangement made w/ an Itoen Green Tea can.

The finale was this huge arrangement.  I think she said the leafy branch was mock orange.  I think I only knew the name of one of the flower used in all of her arrangements.