I tried something new yesterday in the library. I usually take a photo in that area at an angle. I tried it straight on with the big green shutters behind it. I wanted to shoot OUT the window so I could bring the outside, in. My inside shutter speed has to be fast enough to not have blown out highlights from outside. Shutter speed 1/200. I set my aperture to f/8.0 so that I could get as much of them in focus as possible and create a good contrast. Since I had my 1000ws lighting kit I had enough light to do that and have my ISO at only 200. I put one light (with umbrella) about 8 feet to the left and away from the guy. I had it aimed between the 2 people about at their waist line and I had the power turned down to about half since it was fairly close to them. My other light (with umbrella) was about 15 feet away to the right and away of the girl with the power almost full. I had it facing in their general direction but pointed towards the ceiling to illuminate the area. Because I was shooting into a reflective surface I had to really space the lights apart or you would have seen them in the window. Another reason why the second light pointed towards the ceiling was almost at full blast. I used no other flash. You can see the two spots of light on their eyes. My focal length was 52mm. I did a test shot in the area before they came to get my white balance correct by calibrating the Pre-Set in the camera. I utilized the “Vivid” color setting. I have done NO PHOTOSHOPPING to this photo. This lady asked before I took the photo, “What’s my motivation?” I said “To take a good photo”. What the heck! Some people!
Monday, June 22, 2009
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