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<blockquote data-quote="Mike D90" data-source="post: 270783" data-attributes="member: 17556"><p>They wanted the netting. That is their usual backdrop so I went with it.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>When I first got set up and getting the group shots first, the sun was behind clouds and very diffuse and bright sky. So I set up a Vivitar 283 flash on each side of the group at 45* to camera. Radio slaves to trigger flash. It was actually too much light with the flash at first. I got several subsequent shots at different flash power and got some that were correctly exposed.</p><p></p><p>Once we started the individual portraits the sun was in and out of the clouds constantly. I would get times of full sun, partial sun and then times of over cast.</p><p></p><p>I tried to use times when the sun was peeking out. If so, I placed the large light reflector panel I made close to the subject and bounced light back onto the shadow side. I also made some use of the gold reflector disc when I had some full sun.</p><p></p><p>When I had nothing but clouds I used the white reflector to get as much fill as I could. No flash as it was just too difficult to get set for each girl separately with the different skin tones I had to deal with.</p><p></p><p>Most of the shots were done just using the white reflector panel as there was a lot of light available, it was just very diffuse and large. I got a lot of flat shadowing in the photos and just have to deal with it.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Lighting explained above.</p><p></p><p>I shot manual mode with auto ISO so that aperture and shutter speed stayed where I put it. ISO stayed at 200 to 400 though. I shot at f/6.7 and f/8 mostly. I used the 50mm f/1.8 for all shots except the group team photos where I used the 18-70mm f/3.5. Shutter speeds had to be changed occasionally but was usually up around 1/350th second. I did use the exposure comp when needed. I did a custom white balance pre-set when I got on location and just used it throughout. I adjusted as needed in Lightroom.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>It should crop out. As I said in the original post I left these mostly uncropped so they will crop to different aspect ratios when the customer chooses their size.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I don't need help cloning.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mike D90, post: 270783, member: 17556"] They wanted the netting. That is their usual backdrop so I went with it. When I first got set up and getting the group shots first, the sun was behind clouds and very diffuse and bright sky. So I set up a Vivitar 283 flash on each side of the group at 45* to camera. Radio slaves to trigger flash. It was actually too much light with the flash at first. I got several subsequent shots at different flash power and got some that were correctly exposed. Once we started the individual portraits the sun was in and out of the clouds constantly. I would get times of full sun, partial sun and then times of over cast. I tried to use times when the sun was peeking out. If so, I placed the large light reflector panel I made close to the subject and bounced light back onto the shadow side. I also made some use of the gold reflector disc when I had some full sun. When I had nothing but clouds I used the white reflector to get as much fill as I could. No flash as it was just too difficult to get set for each girl separately with the different skin tones I had to deal with. Most of the shots were done just using the white reflector panel as there was a lot of light available, it was just very diffuse and large. I got a lot of flat shadowing in the photos and just have to deal with it. Lighting explained above. I shot manual mode with auto ISO so that aperture and shutter speed stayed where I put it. ISO stayed at 200 to 400 though. I shot at f/6.7 and f/8 mostly. I used the 50mm f/1.8 for all shots except the group team photos where I used the 18-70mm f/3.5. Shutter speeds had to be changed occasionally but was usually up around 1/350th second. I did use the exposure comp when needed. I did a custom white balance pre-set when I got on location and just used it throughout. I adjusted as needed in Lightroom. It should crop out. As I said in the original post I left these mostly uncropped so they will crop to different aspect ratios when the customer chooses their size. I don't need help cloning. [/QUOTE]
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