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04/01/2005 09:51:27 AM · #1 |
So the day has finally come. On Sunday I am going to do my first portraits for engagement photos. I ended up not buying the 20D and keeping my more familiar 300D. I rented 2 550ex’s and I have a 420ex.
There is huge snag in my plans. The is a forecast of 15cm of snow on Saturday. This could be good and bad. Good as in I think I can get creative and get some great shot in the snow. Bad as in I’m not the best in shooting snow shots.
Does anyone have any last minute words of advice for me. Both for snow shots and portrait help/ideas.
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04/01/2005 10:12:30 AM · #2 |
expose about 2 stops over what your meter says for snow shots or else teh snow will look quite gray. watch out if it is sunny (patchy even) as those sun on the snow spots will be badly blown out (assuming you are shooting in the snow).
make sure the couple have their eyes open and not squinting. wath out for ugly snow in teh background (the plowed or walked through kind)
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04/01/2005 10:18:00 AM · #3 |
Make sure you use your camera's histogram and highlights screen to make sure you haven't blown out the highlights, rather than just taking the LCD's word for it.
Good luck.
Message edited by author 2005-04-01 10:18:35. |
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04/01/2005 10:19:36 AM · #4 |
Thanks for the tips.
Anymore comments would really be appreciated. |
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04/01/2005 10:25:15 AM · #5 |
snow on saturday? in toronto? you gotta be kidding me. say it ain't so.
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04/01/2005 10:25:58 AM · #6 |
10-15cm plus rain earlier in the day.
Originally posted by saintaugust:
snow on saturday? in toronto? you gotta be kidding me. say it ain't so. |
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04/01/2005 10:30:04 AM · #7 |
Hopefully its weather Canada's April fools joke...
Originally posted by saintaugust:
snow on saturday? in toronto? you gotta be kidding me. say it ain't so. |
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04/01/2005 10:56:02 AM · #8 |
Shoot manual, and meter froma grey card. Meter only the light falling on the couple. Trust your grey card reading and bracket your exposures. Bracket, bracket bracket....... also if the sun is out, you wight want to consider a reflector or fill flash.
Message edited by author 2005-04-01 10:58:59. |
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04/01/2005 10:56:10 AM · #9 |
Why do you need 3 flashes? Maybe I misunderstood...
Engagement shots in the snow, especially when it's lightly snowing, can be knock-out gorgeous! Sometimes you'll get big flakes that will show up right infront of the lens on a great shot but that happens. You'll probably want to shoot extra frames just to be sure. Not many couples will have shots in that environment so here's a great opportunity to be unique.
You can try: move the couple around and have them interact with each other. Do some standard "look at me and smile" shots but go out on a limb and have them touching, kissing, running around, etc.
Good luck :-) |
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04/01/2005 11:02:58 AM · #10 |
Thanks for the tips.
Originally posted by GoldBerry:
Why do you need 3 flashes? Maybe I misunderstood...
Engagement shots in the snow, especially when it's lightly snowing, can be knock-out gorgeous! Sometimes you'll get big flakes that will show up right infront of the lens on a great shot but that happens. You'll probably want to shoot extra frames just to be sure. Not many couples will have shots in that environment so here's a great opportunity to be unique.
You can try: move the couple around and have them interact with each other. Do some standard "look at me and smile" shots but go out on a limb and have them touching, kissing, running around, etc.
Good luck :-) |
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04/01/2005 12:28:41 PM · #11 |
Don't shoot any yellow snow... =) Sorry couldn't resist.
A friend of mine had her pictures done in the snow and they have one shot with the two of them making snow angels, their head touching, with the photographer on a ladder above shooting down. Everyone wanted copies because they were so obviously in love and happy. Course the age of the couple makes a difference, but I agree with the commenter above, get creative. People in love usually look better expressing fun then formal, because it's so hard for them to stop grinning. |
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04/01/2005 12:40:45 PM · #12 |
When I was going though photography school, it was in Baltimore in the winter and there was snow all over. We had to shoot in it. Our instructers told us to get our white balance from the snow, not the subject, and use a fill flash on the subject. It worked nicely every time.
Good Luck! |
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04/01/2005 02:55:14 PM · #13 |
Have alternative sites indoors or next to buildings or something in case the snow is ugly or all tracked through.
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