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Forum: Flashes, Lighting, and Studio
01-31-2016, 09:19 PM
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Thank you!
To me it's not just about 'landscapes'... it's about a 'scene'... it can and is applied to everything. Street photography or whatever....pick your corner and observe when what happens, how the light falls, or a number of variables and just 'be there'. It will help turn an average photo into a better one... it also helps when scouting out locations....
Find something interesting and then figure out when is going to be the best time to be there....
It also helps lets say if you want to take a picture of a pretty girl...assuming you have a model when and where do you take her to? Its about getting it all together....
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One of my friends was an old school photographer who is a pretty interesting guy. Way back when in the day back when Nat Geo was in every house... It was back in the film era... well my friend loaded a camera up with one roll of 36 exposures of film and went on an around the world trip... He was gone for who knows how long to some way out of the way places... Afghanistan or where ever....
He never even took all 36 shots. Came home and had I think 3 photos from that roll published.
I am often pushed to 'do it right and get it right' :)
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Forum: Flashes, Lighting, and Studio
01-31-2016, 07:19 PM
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Well one thing that I DID do to have 'control' was to observe the layout over time. I went to shoot when the conditions were right... so in a way I had control over me :) I had to pay attention to what is North, what is South, how the light was travelling across the sky... where the sun was at... I guess I call it being 'spacially aware'...
When the sun was in a different position it would not throw light onto the trees in the background and it allowed for a better shot...
While I wasn't controlling the light I certainly was chasing it :lol:
Also it does bring up opportunities to use flash in a daylight setting, but overall it to me is making me more observant of the environment specifically as it relates to photography.
Thank you. Sometimes I go outside and shoot just basic stuff in challenging situations just for the sole purpose to try and 'get it right' when a good shot comes along later on. When the good ones come along the time to prepare for it has long since gone :D
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I have never done multiple images or 'combining' of images. I don't know how to cook up a photo like that.
With some of these 'mundane' shots that I go practice on I am trying to improve my fundamentals of the basic capture.
I am also trying to learn to recognize good lighting conditions so I can be at where the action is at when it all goes down :)
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Forum: Flashes, Lighting, and Studio
01-31-2016, 04:50 PM
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Here is a scenario of something I constantly run into. Something like a really bright (the sky) vs something not as bright (the tree line) vs the little bird house out in my back yard...balancing the light so that one isn't blown out or one isn't completely dark proves challenging. Yes you can do SOME corrections in LR but getting something near a useable image to start with matters.
Here is the data from the image...it was taken with the 16-85mm @ 43mm... the f stop was at 4.5, the shutter speed was at 1/500, the ISO was 100.
There is some correlation between the trifecta of shutter speed, ISO, and f stop that I can't explain. If you or anyone else can please do so. Faster shutter speeds cause less exposure and darker picture. Stopping down to smaller f stops also darkens the photo. But neither can explain how to achieve the BALANCE among the components of the image.
I have had other images at times where even though I was shooting in the daytime I would kick up the ISO to 400 or 800 (or whatever) and play with the shutter speeds and f stop until I got closer to the right balance...
The image is nothing to write home about (it's only a snap shot) but it is a way to practice perfecting a balanced exposure.
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Forum: Flashes, Lighting, and Studio
01-31-2016, 12:36 PM
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This is probably one of the most useful topics of photography in general. Once you get to a certain point of knowing what aperture and ISO is... knowing and understanding these lighting concepts makes all the difference. Many people never get that far. I am still learning myself. But I know what I need to learn...
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