tcc Senior Member  370 posts Joined Jul 2007 More info | Jun 18, 2009 17:37 | #1 My fiance and I had our engagement photos taken 2 weeks ago. I noticed our photographer aiming the camera somewhere above or around us before he aimed at us and took the shot. I think he was using a 50D. Canon 7D w/grip & RRS L-plate | 100 f2.8 Macro | 10-22 f3.5-4.5 | 70-200L f2.8 IS | 24-70L f2.8 |
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superstes Goldmember  1,376 posts Likes: 2 Joined May 2007 Location: Southern France More info | Jun 18, 2009 18:06 | #2 I take it he was using a flash.
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Jun 18, 2009 18:13 | #3 Nope, no flash. Canon 7D w/grip & RRS L-plate | 100 f2.8 Macro | 10-22 f3.5-4.5 | 70-200L f2.8 IS | 24-70L f2.8 |
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Mark_Cohran Cream of the Crop  More info | Jun 18, 2009 18:42 | #4 Even without a flash, he could have been metering. If you were both wearing very dark or very light clothing, he could have been metering on an mid-tone so as not to throw the exposure off. Mark
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heycow Senior Member  771 posts Joined Sep 2005 Location: Oakland, CA More info | Jun 18, 2009 18:44 | #5 How far above you? Could have been focus/recompose if he was using the center AF-point. Aims at your head, focuses, then recomposes to get the frame he wants, then takes the shot. Looks funky from the lens-side if you don't know what's going on. Hello, my name is BEN
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Jun 18, 2009 18:59 | #6 heycow wrote in post #8135067  How far above you? Could have been focus/recompose if he was using the center AF-point. Aims at your head, focuses, then recomposes to get the frame he wants, then takes the shot. Looks funky from the lens-side if you don't know what's going on.  Exactly. All I saw was him tilting the lens up and down and you can clearly hear the beeping of the AF locking on. Canon 7D w/grip & RRS L-plate | 100 f2.8 Macro | 10-22 f3.5-4.5 | 70-200L f2.8 IS | 24-70L f2.8 |
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JeffreyG "my bits and pieces are all hard"  More info | Jun 18, 2009 19:48 | #7 He might have been metering the sky to put it at about +2 and keep it from blowing out. My personal stuff:http://www.flickr.com/photos/jngirbach/sets/
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Jun 18, 2009 20:31 | #8 But wouldn't that make us too dark? Canon 7D w/grip & RRS L-plate | 100 f2.8 Macro | 10-22 f3.5-4.5 | 70-200L f2.8 IS | 24-70L f2.8 |
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tzalman Fatal attraction.  13,497 posts Likes: 213 Joined Apr 2005 Location: Gesher Haziv, Israel More info | Jun 19, 2009 01:38 | #9 He might have been metering the sky to put it at about +2 and keep it from blowing out. _______________ But wouldn't that make us too dark? Yes, it would if the contrast range was too great. But the alternative, giving adequate exposure to the foreground, would blow out the sky. The best compromise is to expose so the sky is overly bright, just short of clipping. This also gives the foreground the most exposure that is possible without losing the sky. As shot, neither will be satisfactory but both areas will have the best possible data for post-processing. In situations that are beyond the abilities of the camera you have to expose in a way that will give you the best starting point for PP. Of course, this is best done in RAW. Elie / אלי
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