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Forum: Post Your Photos!
10-08-2023, 07:39 AM
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Good shooting. I like the colors and webbing in the first two best. I guess that eating stink bugs might be a benefit?
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Forum: Post Your Photos!
10-08-2023, 05:11 PM
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I've seen these spiders. Always wanted to keep my distance since I didn't know if they had a penchant for humans as well as their regular prey.
Good images of it.
And interesting info on it.
Angky
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Forum: Post Your Photos!
10-08-2023, 11:54 AM
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As I have said before, spell check can't correct an error if you make a mistake that creates another correctly spelled word. I wouldn't want these spiders to eat Walking Sticks.
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Forum: Post Your Photos!
12-12-2021, 06:30 AM
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Forum: Photo Critique
12-09-2021, 02:47 PM
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Very nice! Thanks for sharing the final edit! :)
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Forum: Photo Critique
12-08-2021, 09:30 PM
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Forum: Photo Critique
12-08-2021, 06:48 PM
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Your last crop is the best I think, there is dark but not much and we can focus on the dog eyes !
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Forum: Flashes, Lighting, and Studio
12-08-2021, 07:11 PM
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I agree with you. If the only light source will be artificial it's not the best for an infant IMO. Then again I don't do baby pics.
The best case is finding a nice window and augmenting with continuous or flash if needed (if a reflector isn't enough to fill in the shadow), or a simple flash if that's your preference. With some decent natural light not much more is needed, just add some balance. Or fix it in post. :)
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Forum: Flashes, Lighting, and Studio
12-08-2021, 07:24 PM
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A newborn is always good news and a reason to upgrade or improve your equipement ! :)
Godox are the best. They're top notch, very agressive on the market, top brands like profoto and elinchrom are already loosing pro market parts because of godox, at least here in europe.
BUT , for the sake of your newborn : limit flash, or at least no direct flash light. Not good for his eyes, not good for his brain. Better use indirect continuous light. And quickly offer him sunglasses for next summer, best easy way to preserve his eyesight developpement.
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Forum: Flashes, Lighting, and Studio
12-08-2021, 06:59 PM
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Lume Cube makes avariety of photo quality compact lights and modifier, controllable by phone . Great lightin option.
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Forum: Flashes, Lighting, and Studio
12-07-2021, 08:21 PM
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Understood, but would you use a high power flash in manual mode up close to a baby? Probably not. I think that's all I meant to say in my original post (......"certain circumstances".....). I didn't say that flashes should be banned around infants (nor owls), just that there might be a reason for caution which probably doesn't apply for other lighting. It wasn't really advice (not to use a flash for infant photography). It was mentioned as just one possible drawback to that type of lighting.
I've used flash myself and flash photography is great so don't read me as an ardent anti-flash type:)
But back to the OP's original inquiry. Their use of continuous lighting in my opinion, would work fine given the proper placement and type of source. They don't have to go out and buy any expensive flash equipment to get good baby photos.
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Forum: Flashes, Lighting, and Studio
12-06-2021, 03:30 PM
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Because budget is a concern, I, like a lot of people, are suggesting continuous lights/hot lights. Well, I am going to go one step farther.
Go to wally world, home depot, lowes or your favorite hardware store and get a couple of clip on lamps with a reflector. https://www.homedepot.com/p/HDX-8-1-2-in-150-Watt-Aluminum-Incandescent-Ligh...7894/202847393 Found in either electrical or tools. Then hit the lightbulb isle and pick up some CPF or Led lightbulbs that are 5600 K. Take them home and clip them onto the back of the dining room chairs and bounce the light off the ceiling or the wall behind you.
You can also get some form core white boards and bounce the light off of them. To do that, you will need a backdrop and reflector holder which sits onto a light stand. https://www.adorama.com/fpxcp200.html?
Hopes this helps. Links are for example only.
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Forum: Flashes, Lighting, and Studio
12-06-2021, 03:52 PM
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Hello from a father of a 8 months old boy.
My advice to you would be: get a lot of light, you wont use it at first since the baby wont move much but after a couple of months he will be unstoppable so you will need fill light to catch him in high shutter speed,
You should keep your speed over 1/100, to avoid blur.
Avoid manual lenses, it is impossible to catch the cub when he's moving around or playing.
Start practicing high pitched sounds, hissing and whistling works a charm,
Keep your shutter finger in Wild Life mode, always ready and fast responding to catch those moments.
Most important of all:
Don't let the camera get the best moments, keep them for yourself, in your memory.
The first year flies they say, and I can testify its true. There's a time for the shots but most of the time should be you and your family interacting.
At first I was like: "ah, I should have taken a picture of that unique moment", but later I understood that making the memory is more important then documenting it.
Take care!
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Forum: Flashes, Lighting, and Studio
12-07-2021, 10:34 AM
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A couple of suggestions for lights then:
I've found the Amaran 200D very useful (There's also a higher price but less powerful bi-color version. Bi-color will always have less effective power).
Color accurate, plenty strong as a kicker to augment the window light, and bright enough as a key if needed as long as you're comfortable with slightly higher ISO's. If you're on a tighter budget even the Sokani x60 (80W) is enough to augment the window light, and they're a legit bargain IMO. I have both, as well as the RGB Sokani. Don't automatically reject the home-built lights using Lowe's/Home Depot lighting fixtures either. I've not ever tried them but I often see comments from others about how well certain ones perform. You'd have to do some research on Youtube to get suggestions and tips.
Now my continuous light favorite: The Nanlite FS-300, which I have a pair of. Powerful enough that I've used them with the Nanlite fresnel for outdoor morning and afternoon shoots in place of my AD-200's on three different occasions so far and quite effectively. They're a bit more expensive and perhaps overkill for what you need for indoor baby pics, but I do highly recommend them. For what you pay they're amazing.
Just my 2 cents, maybe 1 cent. :)
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Forum: Photo Critique
12-04-2021, 05:19 AM
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Forum: Flashes, Lighting, and Studio
12-07-2021, 08:44 AM
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I'm with Bob on using the lights you already have as long as they are decently bright and with high color accuracy. Even better would be use them only to augment natural light from a sunny window. Since you have little, perhaps no, experience with strobes you'll find the continuous lights far easier and reliable. WYSIWYG.
If higher ISO's are required, something under 1600 preferably, it won't be an issue, particularly with some of the very, VERY good noise reduction software we have now from Topaz, DxO, and Adobe. I've often shot under lower light conditions at 6400 without issue shooting raw. Don't depend on JPEGS straight out of camera for this. For a baby shoot you should absolutely be doing your own post work IMO, which means use raws.
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Forum: Post Your Photos!
12-07-2021, 04:51 AM
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Forum: Photo Critique
12-06-2021, 09:25 AM
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Forum: Flashes, Lighting, and Studio
12-06-2021, 10:11 AM
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I am not so experienced with flashes, I too need to get one... but I just wanna wish you all the best! May the force be with your baby!!! ;)
Relax, you can PP if WB gets a little off...
Soft lights in a distance are preferred by professionals who photograph babies. A nice careful set up and you will have your album material...
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Forum: Flashes, Lighting, and Studio
12-06-2021, 09:26 AM
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Led lighting can have poor color rendition. Do you know if these are high CRI?
Don’t let these prices scare you. The video is from 2015! A lot has changed in terms of cost and availability this is just to illustrate the cri factor.
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Forum: Flashes, Lighting, and Studio
12-06-2021, 09:27 AM
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I might suggest getting an AF-360 FGZ, and maybe some Cactus triggers.
Both would have to be purchased used.
I really like outdoor portraits while using wider apertures, so it's nice to access high-speed sync options on the AF360FGZ.
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Forum: Flashes, Lighting, and Studio
12-06-2021, 09:27 AM
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You might choose to spend the time collecting/making a few props and backdrops, unless you want to shoot with what you already have. Getting this done now seems wise as soon the concept of spare time will disappear for 20 years plus ...
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Forum: Flashes, Lighting, and Studio
12-06-2021, 09:23 AM
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Continuous lights are best for infants. They don’t scare them
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Forum: Flashes, Lighting, and Studio
12-06-2021, 09:01 AM
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Personally, I would go with the continuous lights you have and umbrella/diffuser arrangements. Flash can be injurious (particularly to infants) under certain circumstances and should be avoided close-up. They can also be harsh and I think photos using diffused light could be more pleasing. Your K1 should be more than capable of lower light use, and should work really well with a little assistance from your LED lighting if its positioned properly. Continuous lighting also has the advantage of allowing you to better visualize the shot whereas you don't really know what a flash shot will do until after the shot, which might result in your missing some good ones. Don't be afraid of shooting at higher ISOs (800-1600) with this camera, as it will do a pretty good job in terms of noise and rendering even at those higher ISO values. A lot of times, ambient lighting is better than artificial lighting anyway, and you should be able to get some great shots with just what you have.
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