Thanks, P.J. That's a good point. I imagine I'll open up the
aperture and bump the ISO down to 400 on the tripod shots, and do my
damnedest to keep it at 800 or less on the hand-held ones. I'll be
shooting in RAW to give myself some extra exposure leeway, too.
One thing I am slightly concerned about is the girl's love of tanning.
I'm not sure how that's going to look with all that yellow pine on the
walls and ceilings. I'll probably end up converting quite a bit to
black and white, and desaturating some of the yellow out of a lot of the
color shots, as well.
Whatever comes out of it, I'm looking forward to learning a lot. And,
the girl likes being photographed quite a bit, so I shouldn't have too
much trouble talking her into re-shooting some.
Thanks again for the tip.
-- Walt
On 10/13/2010 12:52 PM, P. J. Alling wrote:
ISO 1600 may be a bit high for portraiture. Unless you're going for
a grainy and possibly blotchy look to skin tones. The *ist-Ds is
pretty good for it's age, but I usually end up converting images shot
under those conditions to B&W.
On 10/13/2010 1:47 PM, Walter Gilbert wrote:
Thanks, William. Those were fairly short exposures. In aperture
priority with an auto-ISO of 1600, the shutter speed set at 1/50.
Didn't even think about using the tripod, but that would obviously be
a good idea. Thanks for mentioning it!
-- Walt
On 10/13/2010 12:31 PM, William Robb wrote:
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From: "Walter Gilbert"
Subject: Soliciting suggestions: Model and Studio
Hi all,
[Insert standard caveats regarding utter lack of experience, here.]
I've managed to get a young former co-worker to agree to pose for
me in order to get some experience taking photos of human
subjects. She's actually eager to do so, which is nice. But,
given the fact that I've not done this before, I figured I'd get
some tips from folks who have more experience that I do -- which
would be any at all.
I've arranged to do the shoot at a friend of mine's studio, where
he creates western/cowboy art, tomorrow. The studio is, of course,
a setting where that sort of thing would fit in -- i.e., the floors
are oak and there's yellow pine on the walls and ceilings. There's
not a whole lot of artificial light -- mostly ambient, and some
very dim light from chandeliers that he's created. And, obviously,
I don't have anything in the way of studio lighting to take with me.
I'm planning on doing the shoot in the afternoon, when there will
be plenty of available light, but I'm wondering if anyone has any
ideas on how to get the best results for skin tones in an
atmosphere that's going to be highly saturated in reds and
yellows. (I'm obviously going to do some B&W work, too.)
Anyway, here's a small gallery of some images from the studio:
http://picasaweb.google.com/Ldotters/MacPhailSStudio?feat=directlink
Any tips on how to get the most out of the shoot would be very much
appreciated. I've already let the model know to be sure and bring
several outfits and and makeup, and described the room (yellow
pine, etc.) Anything else I should keep in mind (aside from the
standard cautions regarding model releases)?
Model releases are over rated. I rarely use them.....
It looks like a nice location. Were it my shoot, I would use
available light and a tripod (unless those were very long exposures
in your gallery).
William Robb
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