Hey Simon! Oooh, goodie! I love questions, it means that you actually THOUGHT about the shots rather than just flicked through them...
Q1. "* How did you do the framing? Is there some way of seeing TTL on a *ist D from in front of the camera?" Firstly, how do I do the framing... hehe, great question, and I have no idea how to answer it... What I do, is firstly to decide on the effect that I want wrt compression, depth of field etc. So, then, I choose the appropriate lens. Being that it is digital, exposure is not a problem as I just check them as I go. So, with the lens on the camera, I work out the focus range. Then, I place a marker of some description in front of the camera within the focus range, so that I know if I stand there, it will be in focus. THEN, I simply set the timer, run to the spot, pose, and hope for the best. lol. I just check each shot on the lcd for the lighting, crop/composition, as I would a polaroid in a film shoot, make adjustments, and then keep shooting until I have the crop/framing that I was after. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. Doing it this way, I most certainly delete more than I keep, but I also end up with some cool crops that I may not have considered using otherwise. Oh, and sometimes, depending on the lens, and the light setup, I can actually see my reflection in the glass of the lens, so I *kind of* know what is/isn't in frame. When shooting film, I used to set a mirror up on either side of the tripod and would use that to pose/frame with, but now with digital, I just check the shots as I go... The close focus shots are even easier - I just use an autofocus lens and the cable release... Q2."* What light setup did you have? Your said you had a direct flash about 20 cm from you, but it looks like there's also fill - and a separate backlight?" WRT lighting - My studio set up is in a small rectangular space. It is about 2.5m wide, with windows on one wall leading up to the backdrop, and I have white curtains hung on them to act as one big reflector. The opposite wall is painted white to do the same thing. SO, with this particular shoot, I had a 160w strobe set up in a 32x40" softbox, with a baffle inserted. This was my main light. I also had a 500ftz pointed at my white backdrop, to act as a backlight. I draped this with a variety of gels and repositioned it according to where I wanted the light to fall. So, I didn't really use DIRECT flash, it was reflected into a softbox. And for some of them, I actually pointed the softbox either away from me or to the ceiling, so that adds another twist to it also. I didn't use any fill light at all, however, the close proximity of the walls on either side of me, definitely resulted in the light from the softbox spilling over on either side, thus appearing as "fill" light. I shot these at night, so there was no ambient light to speak of at all. Q3."* How the hell do you have the energy to do this sort of shoot when you must be jet lagged and a mother to sick kids? :-)" I survive on adrenalin... And btw, I AM jet lagged, and now also sick myself (with the same flu my poor kids have). But hey, we just gotta do these things... :-) tan. -----Original Message----- From: Simon King [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, 15 June 2004 10:59 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: hehe, I've been at it again... Hi Tanya Wow! 5171 seems to really capture an essence of the model, and the eyes are perfect. I really like 5190 - especially the negative space, but the slight tug on the jumper is going a bit passed coy. A couple of questions if you don't mind... * How did you do the framing? Is there some way of seeing TTL on a *ist D from in front of the camera? * What light setup did you have? Your said you had a direct flash about 20 cm from you, but it looks like there's also fill - and a separate backlight? * How the hell do you have the energy to do this sort of shoot when you must be jet lagged and a mother to sick kids? :-) I hope your kids are feeling better soon. Cheers, Simon
