Canon Rebel 2000 with a quantaray 70mm-300mm 3..."> Canon Rebel 2000 with a quantaray 70mm-300mm 3..."/>

BetterPhoto Q&A
Category: To Be Categorized

Photography Question 

Lesley A. Prentice
 

Outdoor Portraits


I am trying to perfect outdoor portraits. I have a Canon Rebel 2000 with a quantaray 70mm-300mm 3.5-22. I usually use Fuji 400 speed film. I always try to get in full shade to avoid harsh back lighting and use 80-100mm lens. I have found it frustraiting to get the right exposer using a fast shutter speed, so I slow down the shutter speed from 60-125 and notice that the pictures are not as sharp as I would like. If I use a tripod at a slower shutter speed and the person I am photographing moves, will it still be blurred? I would appriciate any suggestions!


To love this question, log in above
October 10, 2000

 

Ken Pang
  Lesley,

Try using a very large aperture - You get a very shallow depth of field which draws attention to your subject, and can give the background a romantic blur while keeping you subject in focus.

Outdoors with a 400 speed film should not be providing you with such slow aperture speeds!

If you could submit a photo, maybe we can find out why it's blurring the shot. A 100mm lens should be able to get clear photos hand held at 1/125th of a second anyway.

To directly answer your question, at 1/60, most movement would not be caught on film unless you are catching portraits of people running or playing.


To love this comment, log in above
October 16, 2000

 
This old forum is now archived. Use improved Forum here

Report this Thread