I had the 16-45, maybe i should have gone with something faster. If so , my error then.
I watched the hired help on Saturday. Inside church shots were done either straight ambient light or the pop up on the D70. Outside shots under cloudy conditions, no fill that i saw. I used some from the 360 and K10d and it was fine on the closer shots, but i think i was to far on some of the group shots.(using high speed sync and Av) Not sure how the house and family pre wedding shots were done, I'll ask Robert when they get back, but the reception was all shot with his D70 and some Nikon flash mounted on a mono pod and the assistant held it up and over him for the shots. I tried to look over his shoulder a few times and chimp, but no luck.:-) I;'ll ask to see some of the photos when they get them,. Curious as to how they turn out, shot this way. I suppose if one wants to venture into this game, offering to ba an assitant might be a good way to see some secrets. Bwaa Haa Haaa. Although, if it was I, I would tell him all the wrong stuff.LOL Dave On 8/27/07, Scott Loveless <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Mark Roberts wrote: > > Mike Hamilton wrote: > > > > > >> I've done a portraiture course, but don't have a lot of experience > >> working with my AF360 flash in dark situations. I struggled all > >> night. Out of the 113 photos that I snapped, about a dozen were > >> useable. > >> > > > > Just in case you ever need to know, here's how you do it: > > Camera set to *manual* exposure > > Aperture set for desired DOF > > Shutter speed set to minimum hand-holdable speed or for brightest area > > where you'll be shooting -- whichever is greater > > Flash set to P-TTL auto, no exposure compensation > > > > With this setup, you'll be using ambient light to the greatest extent > > possible and the flash will add whatever extra light, if any, is > > required. > > > > I did some weddings with a very high-dollar pro here in Pittsburgh a > > couple of years ago (used my ist-D and Sigma EF500 DG Super) and don't > > think I had a bad exposure in the lot (though there were plenty that > > didn't measure up because of *photographer* error!) > > > > The pro I was working with used Canon gear, but essentially the same > > configuration of manual exposure and auto flash. > > > > > > > Mark gave me the same advice a few months ago before I shot my first > wedding. A few others backed him up on it. I found exposures to be > inconsistent using the K10D, 360, and the kit lens. After switching the > 360 from P-TTL to Auto things evened out quite nicely. I'm not sure > where the errors were occurring - in one of the three components listed > above, or in that bulbous mass behind the viewfinder. > > FWIW, I wouldn't recommend the kit lens for indoor wedding work. It's > just too damn slow. > > -- > Scott Loveless > http://www.twosixteen.com/fivetoedsloth/ > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > -- Equine Photography www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ Ontario Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
