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08/12/2006 05:58:38 PM · #1 |
| I volunteered to shoot photos at our United Way's Day of Caring. It will be from about 8:30 AM - 4:30 PM, most of it outside. I would like to know what settings give the best results when it is bright and sunny. I know ISO 100, but I would like to have a range in DOF and not have blown highlights. Any advice would be greatly appreciated! |
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08/12/2006 06:01:59 PM · #2 |
| Assuming no filters, I spot meter with the camera for the brightest part of the shot and go from there. Works best if you can avoid having much sky in the shot, but if you are stuck then expose for the sky and you can pull up the rest of it afterwards in photoshop. I just shot 400+ photos at a rennaisance fair here today and doing what I just described I only had a couple photos that were too underexposed to work with. Of course where I could, I did my damndest to avoid people in the background with white shirts on, white tents, big blotches of sky, etc. |
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08/12/2006 06:03:51 PM · #3 |
Depends on what your shooting. Try 1/640 @ f/9 and see what that looks like. Take some practice shots outside your house, at the park, etc. Just watch your meter, see what that tells you.
Message edited by author 2006-08-12 18:04:36. |
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08/12/2006 06:06:53 PM · #4 |
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try this as a guide. drop the aperture by a stop increase the shutter by a stop. or vice-versa depending on the needs of the photo itself.
check the histogram, and adjust from there.
Message edited by author 2006-08-12 18:07:02.
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08/12/2006 06:07:07 PM · #5 |
| I'd chimp it and keep a close eye on the histogram. after a few photos you should have a pretty good feel for what's going to work |
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08/12/2006 06:12:15 PM · #6 |
As has been mentioned, meter the brightest part of the scene (spot or center-weighted). This will expose the brightest part to be neutral grey -- under-exposing the shot. Adjust the EV compensation to place the metered brightness back over to the right of the histogram.
A fill flash also comes in handy when shooting subjects against brighter subjects -- the flash brings the tone of the subject closer to the tone of the background.
David
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08/12/2006 06:13:20 PM · #7 |
| Thank you all. I have until Thursday so I can practice some first, and now I have some settings to get me started. |
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