 Monica Turley |
What equipment do I use and how do I set it up? I have the opportunity to take pictures at the local senior center my aunt attends for their christmas gathering. I will not be taking pictures of the party itself, but rather will have an area of a stage (about 15x10ft) where I can set up my background and props with "Santa" and then kids/grandkids can sit and have a picture taken with him. My biggest fear is I am not experienced with 'white' yet. Colors, even gray's I can handle, but when it comes to white backgrounds, snow, Trees with white on them, I somehow over expose the images one way or another. I'm thinking it is my lighting set up, but everything I try doesn't work. Can someone help? I don't have the money to go purchase new equipment, so I hope to do this with what I have. Usual Setup if I'm at 0°: FYI:I have an additional SB600 if needed, for a total of 3 of them.
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W. |
Doesn't make sense, Monica. If your lighting is good without white in the scene the meter should, if anything, UNDER expose when white is introduced. So your problem is not clear. Explain a little better please. And post one of those photos so that we can SEE what your problem is.
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Debby A. Tabb |
Monica, give this a try: vision the area as a clock: give this a shot and post it so we can help,as W.S. has said it would be easier to help if we can see what your getting.
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John G. Clifford Jr |
With all of the flash gear you have, you certainly have enough light, and Debby has provided you with a layout that will guarantee sufficient light without objectionable shadows. All that is left is to get the exposure right. You have a digital camera that has a histogram display, right? Use the histogram to get the proper exposure. I would think that with the three flashes positioned as Debby states, and set to the same power, the fact that the flash at 7 o'clock is further away will give you about a stop less light for filling in the areas that the flash at 2 o'clock doesn't get, and the backlight flash should make the background almost disappear due to overexposure (the white 'infinite' high-key look). This really isn't that hard. You should set this up first, perhaps at home, and dial in the exposure and record the settings. You'll want to shoot in manual mode because the exposure will never change given the flashes are set to a constant power and the camera is mounted on a tripod and the subject(s) are positioned at the same spot (marked by a piece of tape on the floor).
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