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xpfloyd wrote in post #18182302
Superb Vinz

IMAGE LINK: https://flic.kr/p/Exfz​5t Callum by xpfloyd, on Flickr

IMAGE LINK: https://flic.kr/p/NZsz​rZ Callum by xpfloyd, on Flickr

thank you. your shots are superb as well. how did you lit that?

David Arbogast wrote in post #18182342
I do that myself (forget to switch off). The camera should have an auto off setting like Canon cameras do. I've never had it save my battery like that - always just goes to zero.

Just checked the tracking on my Laowa 12mm...should get here in a day or two. Hope it doesn't suffer the same infinity focus defect.

I'm thinking I must have switched it on while lifting it without realising.

Hopefully your laowa will be fine, I haven't read anyone else with my issue so that's a good sign. I'm just waiting on them shipping my canon mount replacement now. The defective one is on its way back to them

vinmunoz wrote in post #18182345
thank you. your shots are superb as well. how did you lit that?

Thank you! These were lit with a nissin i40 bounced off the ceiling (or the wall behind me I forget). One thing I'm not good at though is WB on portraits. I always just set it by eye in post and that leads to me having inconsistency between images which bugs me. Not really sure the best option for me to improve that. I don't think a grey card would work as my images generally are not posed

xpfloyd wrote in post #18182349
I'm thinking I must have switched it on while lifting it without realising.

Hopefully your laowa will be fine, I haven't read anyone else with my issue so that's a good sign. I'm just waiting on them shipping my canon mount replacement now. The defective one is on its way back to them

Remind me of your lens lineup - I know you've got all three Batis, what else?

I'm asking because I keep contemplating going with a smaller kit of the three Batis lenses plus the 12mm and TS-E 24mm (which I've grown comfortable with on my a7R II).

David Arbogast wrote in post #18182355
Remind me of your lens lineup - I know you've got all three Batis, what else?

I'm asking because I keep contemplating going with a smaller kit of the three Batis lenses plus the 12mm and TS-E 24mm (which I've grown comfortable with on my a7R II).

3 batis lenses, FE35 2.8 , FE55, FE24-70 f/4, Samyang 14, Samyang 24, tokina 90 macro and a laowa hopefully soon.

I'll soon be selling the FE35, Samyang 14, and maybe the tokina as I hardly use it.

I could actually live without the 55 as I now use the batis lenses more but can't bring myself to sell it as I like it so much, it just doesn't get used as much as I'd like.

The 24-70 is hopefully going to be my outdoor family lens shooting at 5.6 for snapshots. I've only had a chance to test it so far but the images are surprisingly sharp. For anything indoor or low light I'll revert back to primes or if I want shallow dof etc

vinmunoz wrote in post #18182263
My shot today using my Xplor 600 HSS TTL strobe with 40" Collapsable Beauty Dish. A godox speedlight with orange gel was also behind her for the hairlight.

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Very nice sir!

xpfloyd wrote in post #18182350
Thank you! These were lit with a nissin i40 bounced off the ceiling (or the wall behind me I forget). One thing I'm not good at though is WB on portraits. I always just set it by eye in post and that leads to me having inconsistency between images which bugs me. Not really sure the best option for me to improve that. I don't think a grey card would work as my images generally are not posed

Apologies for quoting my own post! But can any of you portrait guys offer any advice with regards to being consistent with WB? Or is my only option using a grey card and a test shot each time? (Or similar)

xpfloyd wrote in post #18182409
Apologies for quoting my own post! But can any of you portrait guys offer any advice with regards to being consistent with WB? Or is my only option using a grey card and a test shot each time? (Or similar)

If I'm dealing with constantly changing lighting conditions, then auto WB and dealing with it in post is my preferred method since I'd rather mess with it in post then jack around with it in the field.

If I have fairly consistent lighting conditions, then I've found the expodisc with custom set-up WB to do a very good job at setting a good middle of the ground white balance value, requiring very little, if any, white balance adjustments in post.

For outdoor portraits I'll use a grey card to set a WB value before I start a series of shots at a particular spot. Expodisc is less ideal outdoors since you have color casts in the grass and what-not.

Lastly, I saw that you were using a flash earlier. If you're balancing flash with ambient tungsten light then you'll need to use flash gels to eliminate color casts.

mystik610 wrote in post #18182439
If I'm dealing with constantly changing lighting conditions, then auto WB and dealing with it in post is my preferred method since I'd rather mess with it in post then jack around with it in the field.

If I have fairly consistent lighting conditions, then I've found the expodisc with custom set-up WB to do a very good job at setting a good middle of the ground white balance value, requiring very little, if any, white balance adjustments in post.

For outdoor portraits I'll use a grey card to set a WB value before I start a series of shots at a particular spot. Expodisc is less ideal outdoors since you have color casts in the grass and what-not.

Lastly, I saw that you were using a flash earlier. If you're balancing flash with ambient tungsten light then you'll need to use flash gels to eliminate color casts.

Thanks for the info.WB is a constant struggle for me it feels. I adjust it to what looks right in post but then at a later date I look on my Flickr and realise the skin tones vary from one shot to the next and it bugs the hell out me. Flash and gels is a whole other level of complexity that I can't quite get my head around yet

Embarrassingly I don't even know what is tungsten and what is not. In my house I have a mixture of light bulb types but no clue what classes as tungsten. I know some are eco halogen but I guess that's not tungsten either?

xpfloyd wrote in post #18182445
Thanks for the info.WB is a constant struggle for me it feels. I adjust it to what looks right in post but then at a later date I look on my Flickr and realise the skin tones vary from one shot to the next and it bugs the hell out me. Flash and gels is a whole other level of complexity that I can't quite get my head around yet

Embarrassingly I don't even know what is tungsten and what is not. In my house I have a mixture of light bulb types but no clue what classes as tungsten. I know some are eco halogen but I guess that's not tungsten either?

Keeping skin-tones consistent with changing lighting conditions is a constant struggle...if the light is really varying between shots its basically impossible to keep it consistent.

If the light is obviously consistent between shots then yes you'll need to be careful to keep the skin tones consistent from shot to shot, but there is a mental expectation of what skin tones should look like in different types of light though, so its not always bad when the exposure of the skin tones vary with varying lighting conditions. i.e. if shooting outdoors while the sun is setting, the position of the sun can dictate how warm the skin tones should look, and the skin tones can/should vary from shot to shot if you're moving around and as time progresses.

"Tungsten" basically refers to lights that are of the color temperature of traditional incandescent lights. So warmish lights that don't mix well with window lights and speedlights. Gels aren't necessarily hard to use and actually exist to make things easier. Basically if you're shooting in tungsten lights, use a CTO gel to shift the speedlights color temperature from 4500k to match the color of tungsten lights.

Just checking in. I've been busy the last couple of days. Here are my shots from Photo Paris 2016, the first two days. I used the a7S with a 24-240 lens and the a7RII with the Voigtlander 10mm E-mount lens.
Most of the images are unedited.

https://flic.kr/s/aHsk​Lfejx5

Hey guys. I've been following this thread for over a year. Have learned a ton and am continuously amazed at all the photos everyone on this board produces. I basically am just a hobbyist and really caught the photography bug about 4 years ago and became fascinated by how the camera works and how changing a few settings can really change a picture. I mainly just shoot my children and other family members and do a little stuff for work here and there. Maybe one day when my kids are older and require less hands on attention I might want to do some stuff on the side to aid in my GAS and just because I enjoy the entire process. I have a ton to learn still but that's what's so great about photography...you never really master it. I'm amazed at some of the processing on this thread and hope to learn more. I'm mainly shoot people but would love to shoot more landscapes one day when I have more time...with the kids being so small it's tough for me to get away. Anyway, I just wanted to say hi and thank you all for all the inspiration and other knowledge you spill. I used to own 6D and converted to an A7RII about 10 months ago after having owned a Sony A6000. I loved the mirrorless technology and the ability to see you exposure in the electronic viewfinder. I might contribute a few pics here and there from now on instead of just lurking in the shadows like I have been...lol Have a great weekend everyone.

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cc1995 wrote in post #18182505
Hey guys. I've been following this thread for over a year. Have learned a ton and am continuously amazed at all the photos everyone on this board produces. I basically am just a hobbyist and really caught the photography bug about 4 years ago and became fascinated by how the camera works and how changing a few settings can really change a picture. I mainly just shoot my children and other family members and do a little stuff for work here and there. Maybe one day when my kids are older and require less hands on attention I might want to do some stuff on the side to aid in my GAS and just because I enjoy the entire process. I have a ton to learn still but that's what's so great about photography...you never really master it. I'm amazed at some of the processing on this thread and hope to learn more. I'm mainly shoot people but would love to shoot more landscapes one day when I have more time...with the kids being so small it's tough for me to get away. Anyway, I just wanted to say hi and thank you all for all the inspiration and other knowledge you spill. I used to own 6D and converted to an A7RII about 10 months ago after having owned a Sony A6000. I loved the mirrorless technology and the ability to see you exposure in the electronic viewfinder. I might contribute a few pics here and there from now on instead of just lurking in the shadows like I have been...lol Have a great weekend everyone.

IMAGE LINK: https://flic.kr/p/N7uA​4r _DSC2023Final by craigcim, on Flickr

IMAGE LINK: https://flic.kr/p/NA7z​ZQ _DSC2426Final by craigcim, on Flickr

IMAGE LINK: https://flic.kr/p/NSsu​Hy _DSC2348FinalS by craigcim, on Flickr

IMAGE LINK: https://flic.kr/p/N7uw​BM _DSC2051Final by craigcim, on Flickr

Welcome! And post away, the more the merrier. Nice opening shots too, really well lit considering a lot look like tricky situations to control

cc1995 wrote in post #18182505
Hey guys. I've been following this thread for over a year. Have learned a ton and am continuously amazed at all the photos everyone on this board produces. I basically am just a hobbyist and really caught the photography bug about 4 years ago and became fascinated by how the camera works and how changing a few settings can really change a picture. I mainly just shoot my children and other family members and do a little stuff for work here and there. Maybe one day when my kids are older and require less hands on attention I might want to do some stuff on the side to aid in my GAS and just because I enjoy the entire process. I have a ton to learn still but that's what's so great about photography...you never really master it. I'm amazed at some of the processing on this thread and hope to learn more. I'm mainly shoot people but would love to shoot more landscapes one day when I have more time...with the kids being so small it's tough for me to get away. Anyway, I just wanted to say hi and thank you all for all the inspiration and other knowledge you spill. I used to own 6D and converted to an A7RII about 10 months ago after having owned a Sony A6000. I loved the mirrorless technology and the ability to see you exposure in the electronic viewfinder. I might contribute a few pics here and there from now on instead of just lurking in the shadows like I have been...lol Have a great weekend everyone.

IMAGE LINK: https://flic.kr/p/N7uA​4r _DSC2023Final by craigcim, on Flickr

IMAGE LINK: https://flic.kr/p/NA7z​ZQ _DSC2426Final by craigcim, on Flickr

IMAGE LINK: https://flic.kr/p/NSsu​Hy _DSC2348FinalS by craigcim, on Flickr

IMAGE LINK: https://flic.kr/p/N7uw​BM _DSC2051Final by craigcim, on Flickr

Really nice work! It's great for you to join us.