Tips for shooting 1 year old's birthday party

**pres589** · 04-09-2017, 03:57 PM

wildman: Well, I'm pretty impressed. I think you could teach a class on something like that. How long would the work in post take to get those results?

I personally don't like to use the flash either. I think the flash on my camera is used once a year or so and I don't have any others.

wildman · 04-09-2017, 07:52 PM

Originally posted by pres589

How long would the work in post take to get those results?

On that one maybe 20 mins.

It's the apparently "simple" ones like the last one that take the time.
Visually simple so there is nothing to distract attention from the imperfections - everything has to be spot on or the image fails. The simplicity of BW makes it only more difficult - tonal gradient needs to be nearly perfect or it looks crude and unrealistic. There's a reason Edward Weston and Ansel Adams used huge view cameras - mainly for the superb tonal gradient they could get out of a 8x10 monochrome contact print.

Anyway I shoot flash from time to time but only with my little Panasonic ZS50. I just set it to full Auto and fire away and let the camera decide if it needs flash or not. In other words snapshots. Sometimes just getting the image is the most important part.

wildman · 04-11-2017, 06:43 AM

Originally posted by honey bo bo

the flash didn't fire.

On even a small jpg screen dump file a little PP can go a long way.
I didn't spent a lot of time on it but you get the idea....

honey bo bo · 05-16-2017, 12:53 PM

Grand Babies Every Where!

Using a touch of flash @3200 ISO through a 16-45mm to bring out that super softness of a babies skin. Flash was bounced and had dispersing panel out but I still get a bit of shadow because it was mounted on camera.

The Blue Jays Cake was destroyed!

Last edited by honey bo bo; 12-20-2017 at 04:24 PM.

04-09-2017, 07:52 PM	#47
wildman Veteran Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Flyover America Posts: 4,469	Originally posted by pres589 How long would the work in post take to get those results? On that one maybe 20 mins. It's the apparently "simple" ones like the last one that take the time. Visually simple so there is nothing to distract attention from the imperfections - everything has to be spot on or the image fails. The simplicity of BW makes it only more difficult - tonal gradient needs to be nearly perfect or it looks crude and unrealistic. There's a reason Edward Weston and Ansel Adams used huge view cameras - mainly for the superb tonal gradient they could get out of a 8x10 monochrome contact print. Anyway I shoot flash from time to time but only with my little Panasonic ZS50. I just set it to full Auto and fire away and let the camera decide if it needs flash or not. In other words snapshots. Sometimes just getting the image is the most important part. Last edited by wildman; 04-09-2017 at 08:24 PM.

04-11-2017, 06:43 AM	#48
wildman Veteran Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Flyover America Posts: 4,469	Originally posted by honey bo bo the flash didn't fire. On even a small jpg screen dump file a little PP can go a long way. I didn't spent a lot of time on it but you get the idea.... Last edited by wildman; 04-14-2017 at 02:28 AM.

05-16-2017, 12:53 PM	#49
honey bo bo Veteran Member Join Date: Apr 2014 Posts: 768	Another First & Another Brand New One Coming from the Gabbage Patch today Grand Babies Every Where! Using a touch of flash @3200 ISO through a 16-45mm to bring out that super softness of a babies skin. Flash was bounced and had dispersing panel out but I still get a bit of shadow because it was mounted on camera. The Blue Jays Cake was destroyed! Last edited by honey bo bo; 12-20-2017 at 04:24 PM.

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04-09-2017, 03:57 PM	#46
pres589 Site Supporter Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: Wichita, KS Photos: Albums Posts: 4,529	wildman: Well, I'm pretty impressed. I think you could teach a class on something like that. How long would the work in post take to get those results? I personally don't like to use the flash either. I think the flash on my camera is used once a year or so and I don't have any others.