Ugh. Doing family portrait tomorrow

wud

wud

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Okay. But there is a million ways to express that you don't like an image. Of course everybody's opinion counts.





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Flugelbinder

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Not under "controled" conditions, like you seem to had. If it would be, lets say, an event, it´s great, because it will output depending on your focal length. In that situation, you could have tried a manual mode, depending on how far were you in relation to them, maybe a quarter power, and tweak as you like - not talking about flash-exposure compensation, talking about your aperture, which is what controls the light from the flash and the flash output...
 
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Flugelbinder

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Also, sometimes it helps to block the direct light from the flash (there´s always some spill light). It gives you almost a "window light" look...
 
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Jonathan

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wud said:
Okay. But there is a million ways to express that you don't like an image.
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There are, which reminds me why I usually try to avoid making subjective statements in 2D worlds like this. Too easily misinterpreted. Someone once asked the poet Samuel Coleridge if he meant "X" by a certain passage in his famous Rime of the Ancient Mariner. He replied with a weary "Apparently"!
 
wud

wud

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Jonathan said:
There are, which reminds me why I usually try to avoid making subjective statements in 2D worlds like this. Too easily misinterpreted. Someone once asked the poet Samuel Coleridge if he meant "X" by a certain passage in his famous Rime of the Ancient Mariner. He replied with a weary "Apparently"!
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I don't understand why you wanna continue this. I don't care what someone else once said.


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wud

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Flugelbinder, I am reading what you are writing but my head don't get it right now. What can I google to read more about this?


Back on track, come along Jonathan.


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Scott Murray

Scott Murray

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wud said:
Flugelbinder, I am reading what you are writing but my head don't get it right now. What can I google to read more about this?


Back on track, come along Jonathan.


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I like this, the only issue is the harsh shadow. I get this aswell and am thinking the only way around it is possibly standing them further away from the backdrop if possible. I will be playing with my flash these days off to see what I can and can't do and will be posting photos hopefully.
 
wud

wud

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Scott Murray said:
I like this, the only issue is the harsh shadow. I get this aswell and am thinking the only way around it is possibly standing them further away from the backdrop if possible. I will be playing with my flash these days off to see what I can and can't do and will be posting photos hopefully.
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Gotta get that softbox done. I really think that would help a lot. I only got to the point where I figured out the flash combined with natural light.
Maybe I can dim the shadows in PP, will give it a try.


Flugelbinder said:
Good morning. Maybe this will help. He´s a lot better than me... ;) Flash Photography Basics
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Thanks!
 
Scott Murray

Scott Murray

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Also I read that a blocking card can be used at the front of the flash when bouncing to stop any forward spill light that may happen. I still have not tried my soft box but will this week off.
 
wud

wud

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Scott Murray said:
Have you made any yet? :)
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A diy? No. I could, I got a black umbrella, was thinking I could fill it with aluminum foil?? But I dont have the trigger set so I wont be able to try it out (although it could look really funny just placing it on top of the camera ;)).
 
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