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12/25/2007 11:35:25 PM · #1 |
All were taken with white backdrop, 1 softbox to the right of the camera
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12/26/2007 12:52:19 AM · #2 |
As mentioned in another thread... I think you're shooting at an ISO setting that is much too high. There's probably no need for shooting at ISO 800 if you're using studio lights ... unless you're using other (non-studio lights) in the scene and you want to protect the amount of light you are getting from them.
Are you editing the background to make it white? Or did you manage to do that with your exposure? It looks to me like editing was done because it looks slightly smeared. Anyway ... if this is the look you are going for, that's great. I think high key portraits are better done by positioning one light on the background (two stops brighter than the main light) and one light on the subject.
If you have questions, feel free to ask.
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12/27/2007 11:09:35 AM · #3 |
I figured out that I am on AUTO ISO. So next shoot, I will adjust down to 200 iso manually.
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12/27/2007 11:55:57 AM · #4 |
Originally posted by gwe21:
I figured out that I am on AUTO ISO. So next shoot, I will adjust down to 200 iso manually. |
YIKES!!! LOL
Try to get the ISO as low as possible. It will greatly improve your clarity and contrast :) |
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12/27/2007 11:57:32 AM · #5 |
Originally posted by gwe21:
I figured out that I am on AUTO ISO. So next shoot, I will adjust down to 200 iso manually. |
like I said here:
The P setting doesn't really work here, because the cam makes decisions and only makes those decisions in the light available at the moment; not the strobes.
Use Manual setting, and try try again ;)
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12/27/2007 12:13:37 PM · #6 |
I've no experience of studio lighting so I can't be that much help - but I'd always set my ISO to 100 (or the lowest possible) to get the quality.
Presumably you're shooting on a tripod so the only issue you've got is shooting fast enough to freeze the children's movement but with enough DoF for the faces of your subject/s. Probably easier to do with one child rather than two because of their different sizes and the DoF issues that might come up.
Compositionally I think you could probably do with filling the frame a bit better or cropping a couple, although there's probably better advice from studio seasoned pros here. Personally I like the shots of the individual kids better than I do of the two together but that's probably more to do with getting them both posed/smiling at the same time (which I imagine is really really hard!!).
Once I get some lighting I'll be venturing down this path too, so it's a really interesting thread...good luck with it
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12/27/2007 12:21:10 PM · #7 |
Originally posted by fastforward:
Presumably you're shooting on a tripod so the only issue you've got is shooting fast enough to freeze the children's movement but with enough DoF for the faces of your subject/s. |
Which isn't hard to do, even with a slower shutter.
If the strobe is your primary source of light (and you're not purposely dragging the shutter to allow ambient light in), then the strobe, which probably has a duration of 1/1000th of a second or so will freeze the action regardless of shutter speed.
Which is why people say that you set the aperture to control the strobe light exposure (because the strobe is faster than your shutter anyway), and you use your shutter speed to control the ambient light exposure (the slower the shutter, the more ambient light you let in).
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