Group Photo's

[Pupu]

Originally Posted by Ephur

LLoyd, great write up on the group shots. Applicable beyond wedding groups too, nice thoughts on the exposure, thanks for taking the time.

You blew my mind. Excellent! Thank you!

[picturecrazy]

Originally Posted by Pupu

You blew my mind. Excellent! Thank you!

Originally Posted by Ephur

LLoyd, great write up on the group shots. Applicable beyond wedding groups too, nice thoughts on the exposure, thanks for taking the time.

Originally Posted by -AP-

I agree! Excellent post and thank you as well....

Cheers. Glad you all got something out of it.

Originally Posted by nicksan

Hey Lloyd. What was your flash setup for the last group shot? Yeah, pretty big different IMO.

It was an Elinchrom Ranger Quadra with the Elinchrom 17" beauty dish with sock. I find the beauty dish to be more efficient than a softbox, and it's much less sensitive to wind.

Originally Posted by SolEterna

Hi Lloyd,

Very awesome write up. I'm so glad that you responded to my query on group photo's, thanks so much.

I actually had a look at some of your pics before you responded and they are very good.

Thanks again, it is foor for thought for me.

Do you use a light meter or trust the one inside the camera? We often have cloudy overcast days here.

I don't use a light meter for weddings. After a while, you just get used to using your camera's meter. I'm not saying it's entirely accurate, but after you shoot for a long time, you know when it's off and by how much it's off, and know how much to compensate by. Histograms really help.

[nicksan]

Originally Posted by picturecrazy

It was an Elinchrom Ranger Quadra with the Elinchrom 17" beauty dish with sock. I find the beauty dish to be more efficient than a softbox, and it's much less sensitive to wind.

For real? How far away was it from the group? Just such a huge difference!

[picturecrazy]

Originally Posted by nicksan

For real? How far away was it from the group? Just such a huge difference!

It was probably about 18 ft away from the group. It was blasting at the full 400ws. It does a good job

[siddr20]

I use BD for big group shots as well.