Thanks to everybody who responded with many nice suggestions!
Igor PS. Bill, Nice to hear from you too! I am too busy to read all PDML, but keep lurking through the web-interface to the archived e-mails. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Igor Roshchin" > Subject: shooting on the beach > > > > > > Hello! > > Hello Igor!!! > Shoot earlier, rather than later, by all means. I think after ten, the light > just gets worse. > Remember, all your focal lengths have changes, even if you don't think you > need a wide angle, take it along....... > Reflectors are a problem for large groups, you need a lot of reflector, but > for small family groups of 2-4 people, they are viable. > Use a soft white one, its easiest to control. > > Shade is your friend. If you can pose em in shade, you can use fill flash to > bring them close to the background exposure with on camera flash. It never > looks really real, but it is more pleasing than the squinting into the sun > effect. > > Consider a gobo and of camera flash (or even on camera flash), as opposed to > reflector fill. > > It's good to hear from you. > > William Robb > > > > > > My in-laws asked me to take some family photos (groups between 2 and 12 > > people) on the ocean beach before the family wedding selebration in July > > (North-Eastern suburbs, Salem/Swampscott, of Boston). > > > > Weather permitting, the photo "session" is planned between 10am and noon. > > > > I am trying to think what I would need for that. > > > > I am going to use a digital camera (*ist DS) that > > I hope to buy finally in the next 1-2 weeks, and I'll be using my lenses > > from ZX-5n, and the flash AF-500FTZ to soften the light if necessary. > > > > I am a bit afraid of large amounts of light coming from the back > > (sky + to some extent water). > > The coastal line goes primarily South-North, with the ocean being > > on the east, and the sun being in the S-E part of the sky. > > If the weather will be cloudy and grayish, - > > this in combination with overall flat light would make the pictures > > flat and colorless. > > If it will be sunny, I am hoping to be able to > > soften the light with the fill-in flash, but thinking if I should get > > some reflector that I could set in front of the people. > > > > Any suggestions and/or ideas? > > > > Thank you, > > > > Igor > > > > > > Igor Roshchin > > KomKon Sites > > > > > >
