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<blockquote data-quote="BackdoorArts" data-source="post: 371981" data-attributes="member: 9240"><p>Ah, the old, "Oh, you're a photographer? Great!! Can you take some portraits?!"</p><p></p><p>You're question: <em>I've attached pictures which contain equipment that he has given me, I just don't know where to position everything to get good pictures. Can someone help me and point me in the right direction? </em><p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000"></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000">The answer to your question is the ever painful, "It depends". How and where you point things depends on <u>everything else</u> in the room, and especially where the natural light is coming from. Don't over complicate things. If you have a window, use the natural light you have and then use flash and/or reflectors to fill it.</span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000"></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000"><font color="#000000">[MEDIA=youtube]1YaZ9YtGXu8[/MEDIA]</span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000"></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000">This is an excerpt from a great course on Flash Photography from Lynda.com that <em>finally</em> allowed me to wrap my head around the concept. It might help you a little (it's speaking mainly about bounce flash) but try and glean some of the other subtle information out of it. Or, see if you can get a one-day free pass and watch the whole damn thing - <strong>Foundations of Photography - Flash</strong> - it's worth your time (and in your case specifically, Chapter 3 and the first two videos in Chapter 4). </span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000"></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000">I'm sure there are plenty of videos on YouTube as well. The main thing is, figure out what the room offers you and then practice on someone and get things right before you start bringing people in.</span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000"></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BackdoorArts, post: 371981, member: 9240"] Ah, the old, "Oh, you're a photographer? Great!! Can you take some portraits?!" You're question: [I]I've attached pictures which contain equipment that he has given me, I just don't know where to position everything to get good pictures. Can someone help me and point me in the right direction? [/I][LEFT][COLOR=#000000] The answer to your question is the ever painful, "It depends". How and where you point things depends on [U]everything else[/U] in the room, and especially where the natural light is coming from. Don't over complicate things. If you have a window, use the natural light you have and then use flash and/or reflectors to fill it. <font color="#000000">[MEDIA=youtube]1YaZ9YtGXu8[/MEDIA] This is an excerpt from a great course on Flash Photography from Lynda.com that [I]finally[/I] allowed me to wrap my head around the concept. It might help you a little (it's speaking mainly about bounce flash) but try and glean some of the other subtle information out of it. Or, see if you can get a one-day free pass and watch the whole damn thing - [B]Foundations of Photography - Flash[/B] - it's worth your time (and in your case specifically, Chapter 3 and the first two videos in Chapter 4). I'm sure there are plenty of videos on YouTube as well. The main thing is, figure out what the room offers you and then practice on someone and get things right before you start bringing people in. [/COLOR][/LEFT] [/QUOTE]
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