Yeah, if you aren't comfortable using flash, don't try to wing it on your first model shoot. From the pictures you've posted, you've got a good handle on available light shooting, and using a white card for fill may be enough for your needs.
On Wed, Oct 13, 2010 at 3:19 PM, Walter Gilbert <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks, David. > > You do have a point about taking the character out of the room. I guess my > biggest concern is due to the fact that I've been using auto white balance > whenever I've been there to take shots. The room really seems to make the > camera behave unpredictably when I go auto. And using flash -- I really > have no clue what it'll do from one shot to the next, so I hope to avoid > that altogether. > > I'll toy with the white balance. That sounds like a perfectly reasonable > solution. > > Thanks again, > > Walt > > On 10/13/2010 2:03 PM, David Parsons wrote: >> >> You keep mentioning skin tone. Set the white balance to daylight or >> shade, and it will be fine. You obviously like the decor enough to >> want to shoot in it, but you want to take all that character out of >> the pictures. The color of the walls is not going to affect your >> pictures as much as you think it will, just stay away from Auto WB. >> >> On Wed, Oct 13, 2010 at 2:10 PM, Walter Gilbert<[email protected]> >> wrote: >>> >>> 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: >>>>>> >>>>>> -------------------------------------------------- >>>>>> 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 >>>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>> >>> -- >>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>> [email protected] >>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >>> follow the directions. >>> >> >> > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > -- David Parsons Photography http://www.davidparsonsphoto.com Aloha Photographer Photoblog http://alohaphotog.blogspot.com/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
