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09/28/2012 10:42:15 AM · #1 |
Yeah, really. White shirts. I'm going to be taking pictures of a family (will be 8 in all) who want to wear white shirts and jeans. Yup. White shirts. And we're taking the pictures outside.
So here's my question. I plan to use either my 85mm an/or the 28-135mm. Ay suggestions on how I might take these pics without horrendous glare I anticipate getting from the white shirt gang? Filters? Different color shirts? |
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09/28/2012 10:44:22 AM · #2 |
| Bring a bucket of paint :) |
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09/28/2012 10:49:59 AM · #3 |
| Shoot in shade, shoot in Raw, underexpose and lighten up their faces in LR |
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09/28/2012 11:05:32 AM · #4 |
Joshua's got the formula. Keep 'em out of direct sun (you'd want to anyway) and the shirts really should not be a problem. Watch your histogram to see that they don't get blown, which might mean a slight reduction in exposure. If shooting RAW, I doubt that you'll have trouble with it.
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09/28/2012 11:07:16 AM · #5 |
You're not going to be able to talk them out of the white shirts because they have seen it done before. It's hardly an original idea, been done a thousand times, including on TV (Modern Family).
In fact, they have probably seen one of their friend's family portraits that gave them the idea.
Good luck! |
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09/28/2012 11:07:27 AM · #6 |
| Thanks...I'll shoot RAW, underexpose, AND bring a bucket of paint! |
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09/28/2012 11:13:12 AM · #7 |
Both of those lenses are pretty bad about chromatic aberration at wider apertures, be sure to stop down at least two, probably three or four, steps - or you'll have PG lateral CA that will just kill the photo.
ETA: Shooting them against a lighter colored background will also help, since lat CA shows up mostly in light on dark situations.
Message edited by author 2012-09-28 11:16:52. |
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09/28/2012 12:31:21 PM · #8 |
| i tend to shoot as i normally would and in LR4 pull the highlight slider almost or all the way down. that tends to do really well with adding texture and tone back into the white shirts while not messing with the rest of the exposure. |
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09/28/2012 01:46:50 PM · #9 |
Get them to all wear bright purple shirts and selectively desaturate them in post ... ;-)
Message edited by author 2012-09-28 13:47:16. |
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09/28/2012 01:51:16 PM · #10 |
Originally posted by mike_311:
i tend to shoot as i normally would and in LR4 pull the highlight slider almost or all the way down. that tends to do really well with adding texture and tone back into the white shirts while not messing with the rest of the exposure. |
This works really well and you can use the adjustment brush if you just want or need to recover highlights in certain areas |
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09/28/2012 02:23:55 PM · #11 |
It works OK *if* you don't blow it out too far. I'd really like it if, when a camera is set to shoot RAW, the histogram gave a true indication of saturation, so I didn't have to guess how much headroom I had on those highlights.
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