 Shauna Linde |
Campfire photos using Self Timer I realize some others have posted questions about taking pictures around the campfire- and I have read the responses, but I would just like some clarification if someone can help me. I've got a Nikon N80 and I am still learning to use all the features it has. I'm bringing my tripod with me camping and want to get some pictures where all the people's faces around the campfire are illuminated. Hopefully, I can still have the fire look like fire and not some big bright blob in the photo. So I thought I read another post that said you meter off the persons face and then lock in the exposure; recompose your picture and shoot. But couldn't this make the fire too bright?? Maybe there's no way around it...
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- Gregory LaGrange Contact Gregory LaGrange Gregory LaGrange's Gallery |
use some flash with the fire light to bring out the people and keep the fire from going so bright that it turns white. keep a slow sync speed to orange it up from the firelight. I'd use the distance scale on the flash and do a one f'stop under expose, and try a shutter speed around 1/10. Just a ballpark, cause the size of the fire and how far everybody is away from the fire changes things.
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Shauna Linde |
Thanks very much Gregory- I appreciate the feedback!
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Bob Cammarata |
You might also try metering in full manual off the flames, and open a full stop from that setting. If you can get a shutter speed faster than 1/60 second, the fire will look more like fire, and less like an orange/white blur. Get your subjects to sit as close as they can to the light source..(without getting scorched, of course). You will probably have better success at dusk, than when it's completely dark.
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