Comments and suggestions appreciated. Please! :)

Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM

07/25/2006 03:58:13 PM · #1

we're about a third of the way through with our new "Studio" (old living room. lol). we got some alien bees up last night so i tried my first little "portrait" shot session with my kids. We don't have any official backgrounds yet so they just have some plain canvas from an art store behind them. Never having done this before I don't know if the lighting is even close to right. maybe too close to them, hair light shining in the wrong spot. need a reflecter under them. etc. I dont know. any suggestions very much appreciated. here they are:

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violinist123

Canon EOS-6D

07/25/2006 04:00:41 PM · #2

All of the photos seem very dark, almost like they were underexposed by a stop... ?

Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 II

07/25/2006 04:02:19 PM · #3

[quote=routerguy666] All of the photos seem very dark, almost like they were underexposed by a stop... ? [/quote

Thanks. I used the manual settings. guess I was off a bit. they were all taken in RAW. thats soemthing i can fix in RAW right? or is it nto the same to change it after the fact?

ShannonLee

Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT

07/25/2006 04:13:55 PM · #4

i dont know anything about studio portraits but..... i will say.... that your kids are so adorbale!!!!!!!

violinist123

Canon EOS-6D

Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM

07/25/2006 04:18:21 PM · #5

Originally posted by jaded_youth:

Thanks. I used the manual settings. guess I was off a bit. they were all taken in RAW. thats soemthing i can fix in RAW right? or is it nto the same to change it after the fact?

Yeah I don't know what software you use but Capture One or CS2, there is a lever for adjusting exposure that can help a bit. Could be you need more direct light on them too, don't know. There is that portaits thread that talks a lot about lighting.

Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM

07/25/2006 04:26:58 PM · #6

yeah i use raw image task I think its called and it has a slider that goes two stops over or under. thanks. that only helps with these though obviously i want to get it right in camera in the future. I couldnt go faster than 1/200th of a sec though because then it didnt sync with the flashes in time and i got a line in the picture. aperature was at 13 though. could have dropped that down.

and thank you shannylee13. :) I think so too. lol

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violinist123

Canon EOS-6D

07/25/2006 04:31:22 PM · #7

What is your lighting setup specifically? I've been hemmoraghing money on lenses and other gear this month so I think I'm going to chill for a while but all I have for lighting are the two that came with my SV light tent kit. I'm kicking myself because I meant to by a speedlite when I bought all the other stuff! All I have is the worthless in camera flash.

07/25/2006 04:43:08 PM · #8

4 B800 alien bees for this set up. I used one with a softbox on it. one on the background. one through a white umbrella for the hair light and one with a reflecting umbrella.
I've used those lights that came with the SV light tent for almost everything I've done for the last two or three weeks and I think its been making the lighting a bit too blue or "cold" if that makes sense. I like these alot better. but they werent cheap.

edited for spelling

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