Persephone Goldmember  1,122 posts Joined May 2008 Location: CA More info | Aug 10, 2008 16:34 | #1 http://img.photobucket.com …hbdragon88/IMG_2587_2.jpg Gear list
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cdifoto Don't get pissy with me  34,092 posts Likes: 48 Joined Dec 2005 More info | Aug 10, 2008 16:41 | #2 Either flash to balance it all out, or ignoring the background completely and better exposing for the girls. There's a HUGE gap between the highs and lows there so the background would have to be totally white to get the girls properly exposed without flash. Did you lose Digital Photo Professional (DPP)? Get it here
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DStanic Cream of the Crop 6,148 posts Likes: 7 Joined Oct 2007 Location: Canada More info | Aug 10, 2008 18:12 | #3 That's VERY harsh lighting conditions! Your background is already overexposed. A flash would have been the way to go, otherwise zoom in closer to the people and meter, then zoom back and take the pic. This is one of the times that pop-up flash can be useful! lol Sony A6000, 16-50PZ, 55-210, 35mm 1.8 OSS
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SOT I make up stuff about Cameras 915 posts Joined Oct 2007 More info | Aug 10, 2008 18:16 | #4 If the background they are in front of wasn't important you could have moved to the other side and shot "in" v. shot with the outside. To my untrained eye it just looks like a snapshot of two people talking at an aquarium. You could have re-staged that shot under better lighting unless there was some journalistic issue with that shot. http://img81.imageshack.us/img81/8646/capture1o.jpg
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Aug 10, 2008 19:50 | #5 SOT wrote in post #6082513  If the background they are in front of wasn't important you could have moved to the other side and shot "in" v. shot with the outside. To my untrained eye it just looks like a snapshot of two people talking at an aquarium. You could have re-staged that shot under better lighting unless there was some journalistic issue with that shot. Well, the one to the left is my colleague at the newspaper, she was interviewing the Aquairum of the Pacific woman on the right. I like to take shots of us journalists in action, and this was one of them. the interview was pretty quick, I didn't have time to back out and head to the other side to have the light on them. Gear list
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cdifoto Don't get pissy with me 34,092 posts Likes: 48 Joined Dec 2005 More info | Aug 10, 2008 20:01 | #6 hbdragon88 wrote in post #6082895 the interview was pretty quick, I didn't have time to back out and head to the other side to have the light on them. I've never heard of a 3 second interview. Did you lose Digital Photo Professional (DPP)? Get it here
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Aug 10, 2008 20:20 | #7 cdifoto wrote in post #6082954 I've never heard of a 3 second interview. Maybe I should have said "by the time I realized what I should have done, the interview was already over." (actually I didn't realize what to do until I posted this topic.) You can see that my colleague had already lowered the video camera by the time I took the second shot and at that point it was over. Gear list
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cdifoto Don't get pissy with me 34,092 posts Likes: 48 Joined Dec 2005 More info | Aug 10, 2008 20:21 | #8 That makes more sense. Did you lose Digital Photo Professional (DPP)? Get it here
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yogestee "my posts can be a little colourful"  More info | Aug 10, 2008 21:04 | #9 hbdragon88 wrote in post #6082110 http://img.photobucket.com …hbdragon88/IMG_2587_2.jpg this was taken in the shade and the sun was pretty strong. I spun to manual and deliberately overexposed the image, but it still turned out way dark. Was this because I was metering the wrong area, or should I have popped the flash? I had brought my 420EX but I normally don't use it for outdoor events. Maybe I should read on fill flash? Flash would have been a huge help.. I would have put my camera on Manual Mode, exposed for the background and allowed your flash to light the girls.. Jurgen
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poloman Cream of the Crop  5,442 posts Likes: 7 Joined Dec 2006 Location: Southern Illinois More info | Aug 10, 2008 22:52 | #10 yes "All those who believe in psychokinesis, raise my right hand!" Steven Wright
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Mark_Cohran Cream of the Crop  More info | Aug 10, 2008 22:56 | #11 yogestee wrote in post #6083275 Flash would have been a huge help.. I would have put my camera on Manual Mode, exposed for the background and allowed your flash to light the girls.. And adjusted FEC as necessary. Mark
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mrklaw Senior Member 678 posts Joined Jan 2006 More info | Aug 11, 2008 04:01 | #12 DStanic wrote in post #6082496 . This is one of the times that pop-up flash can be useful! lol Would it have helped though? I took a similar shot (very bright background behind my son) and wanted some fill flash. But popping up the flash just massively over exposed the whole scene - presumably because it maxes out at 1/250 and doesn't support hss? Didn't check my aperture (it was wide for a previous portrait shot) but don't know if i could have brought the shutter speed down enough. _______________
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elysium "full of stupid banter"  11,619 posts Likes: 1 Joined Jul 2007 Location: Harrow/London/UK/GB/That Part Of The World/Next To France More info | Aug 11, 2008 04:13 | #13 Either flash or spot metering. Flash would have been the stronger option. Everyday, a programmer finds a way of creating an idiotproof program. Everyday, the universe spits out another idiot.....So far, the universe if winning
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JeffreyG "my bits and pieces are all hard"  More info | Aug 11, 2008 05:33 | #14 mrklaw wrote in post #6084866 Would it have helped though? I took a similar shot (very bright background behind my son) and wanted some fill flash. But popping up the flash just massively over exposed the whole scene - presumably because it maxes out at 1/250 and doesn't support hss? Didn't check my aperture (it was wide for a previous portrait shot) but don't know if i could have brought the shutter speed down enough. If you are in Av mode and shooting at faster than 1/250, popping up the onboard flash will cause massive overexposure because the camera will force the shutter speed to 1/250. My personal stuff:http://www.flickr.com/photos/jngirbach/sets/
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TeeJay Goldmember  3,834 posts Likes: 4 Joined Jun 2005 Location: Warwickshire - UK More info | Aug 11, 2008 05:47 | #15 hbdragon88 wrote in post #6082895 ... I like to take shots of us journalists in action, and this was one of them. the interview was pretty quick..., I didn't have time to back out and head to the other side to have the light on them. Must have gone something like this.... 1DsMkIII | 1DMkIIN | 70-200 f/2.8L IS | 24-70 f/2.8L | 24-105 f/4L IS | 17-40 f/4L | 50 f/1.2L | WFT-E1 & E2 Transmitters - Click Here for setup advice | CP-E4 Battery Pack x 2 | ST-E2 | 580EX | 550EX | 430EXII | 420EX | Tripod + monopod | Bowens Esprit Gemini 500W/s heads & Travel-Pak | All this gear - and still no idea
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