Re: C&C for First Time Shoot
Mr. Greenbug,
They look great. Honestly. I never would have guessed you picked up that light only a few hours before hand. I'm assuming you're working with it on camera which is cool. Off camera comes later :D
Right off the bat, it looks like you know what you're doing. (which is good because I don't know what I'm doing half the time! haha). I see no hard shadows which leads me t believe that you bounced the flash off the ceiling or wall. (I'm betting on wall, because I see some variations in the light gradient from side to side. Let me know if I'm right! :) )
The posing is nice in both photos too! It's hard focusing (pun very much intended) on more than one aspect of a shot at a time. My posing went to crap when I introduced intentional lighting to my shots.
Good job!
- Rodger
Re: C&C for First Time Shoot
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Originally Posted by Rodger
They look great. Honestly. I never would have guessed you picked up that light only a few hours before hand. I'm assuming you're working with it on camera which is cool. Off camera comes later :D
Right off the bat, it looks like you know what you're doing. (which is good because I don't know what I'm doing half the time! haha). I see no hard shadows which leads me t believe that you bounced the flash off the ceiling or wall. (I'm betting on wall, because I see some variations in the light gradient from side to side. Let me know if I'm right! :) )
Hi Roger! Thank you. Yes, they're on camera. Off camera will definitely be my next target. :D Well, I really don't know yet what I'm doing but reading a lot of things in here (TDP) has helped me a lot grow in this hobby. As I am unable to finance yet myself to go and take some classes, my motto is to read, read, read, practice, practice, practice, read, read, read.. :D
For the first photo, I believe I bounced it off from a ceiling not too high but was on an angle towards the subject. The second photo was bounced of from a wall. Color of wall cast its color on subject.
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Originally Posted by Rodger
The posing is nice in both photos too! It's hard focusing (pun very much intended) on more than one aspect of a shot at a time. My posing went to crap when I introduced intentional lighting to my shots.
I did find it a bit hard to take good photos as I was thinking too much. I mean, I have to consider additional factors like how much light should be thrown (though I believe E-TTL did that for me) unlike before when I think of compo, aperture, shutter speed, ISO, direction of ambient light. Oppsss.. let's not forget about focus. :D
It was a nice experience to just jump into the water and learn to stay afloat. :D
Thank you again, Rodger for your comments.
-- Angelo
Re: C&C for First Time Shoot
I agree with Roger...very good use of on-camera flash (bouncing off of large areas). The bouncing flash strikes the subject with a delicacy that works very well here. Certainly well done!
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Hi Sean! I really admire your photos here and in your Flickr account. Thank you for the vote of confidence on my first experience with this type of photography -- flash + people. [:)]
Don't you think that the first photo is a tad dark?
-- Angelo
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Don't you think that the first photo is a tad dark?
A tad, yes...but I think looks even darker because of the brightness of the second picture. Boostthebrightness of the first picjust a little in post and thetwo picswill look more even.
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I think those are great Angelo, especially how you used camera tilt in the second one. Great use of flash.
brendan
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Good shots Angelo! You get better results than I had after so little time, better yet I still can't use a flash properly [:P]
The first one is a little on the dark side at the left. You can't really see much detail in that part of the hair. But that's only a tiny detail which doesn't bother me at all to be honest.
Good work! [Y]
Jan
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Originally Posted by Sean Setters
A tad, yes...but I think looks even darker because of the brightness
of the second picture. Boostthebrightness of the first picjust a
little in post and thetwo picswill look more even.
Thanks again, Sean! I'll try to adjust the brightness of the 1st pic once I get off from work. [:)]
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Originally Posted by bburns223
I think those are great
Angelo, especially how you used camera tilt in the second one. Great
use of flash.
brendan
Thank you very much, Brendan!
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Good shots Angelo! You get better results than I had after so little time, better yet I still can't use a flash properly [img]/emoticons/emotion-4.gif[/img]
The first one is a little on the dark side at the left. You can't really see much detail in that part of the hair. But that's only a tiny detail which doesn't bother me at all to be honest.
Good work! [img]/emoticons/emotion-21.gif[/img]
Jan
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Thanks Jan! I agree, the first pic is a bit dark.. I only noticed this when they printed it out. I thought to myself, I could have done better than that and I'm sure you can too learn how to use your flash properly. [:)]
Well, it's read, read, read time of the manual for me. [:D]
Thank you again everyone for the positive feedback. You're all my mentors.
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and I'm sure you can too learn how to use your flash properly. [img]/emoticons/emotion-1.gif[/img]
I know, soon I might try some more [8-|]
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You're all my mentors.
Well you're my mentor as well [H] Isn't that just great?
