 Jalesh p. Desai |
Outdoor Portraits in Low Light. I tried taking portraits outdoors in automatic mode in low light or backlight with my Canon EOS Rebel 2000. Those turned out pretty dull and underexposed. This made me want to turn on the flash (since it never wanted to go on automatically). I was unable to do that. Seems like you can do that only in the manual mode. So I went into manual mode, set the aperture and focal length, etc, with flash. I discovered that this time my photos looked a tad overexposed. I attributed this to my proximity to my subject. So I moved back a little and tried the flash again. It worked this time, but the photos now look fake. They have a look of the person being pasted onto the background. This effect is further pronounced as the light goes dimmer. Please advise. Thanks a lot, I would really appreciate any help.
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Jalesh, try using higher speed film. I take a lot of outdoor pictures in late afternoon with a Nikon N90 and use 400 speed film and they turn out really nice.
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Jalesh p. Desai |
Sorry I didnt put this earlier. The film I used was a ISO 400. I did this primarily because the day was pretty dull. Pls advise.
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Jalesh, You are running into the limitations of relying on the flash on your camera. You are doing a very good job of adapting the situation but if you really want to move away from the fake look, get an external flash unit and soften the light by bouncing it or muting it a bit (check out the Sto-fen or Lumiquest products to help with this). The next option would be to get or rent a nice studio lighting set-up. It really makes a big difference to have multiple lights hitting your subject from a 45 degree angle, rather than straight on.
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Jalesh p. Desai |
I am trying to decide whether I want to use slide or print film. some articles mention that slide gives better color reproduction than print. would ANY slide film give me better results than print ? if I used slower print film, like maybe an ISO100, would the color reproduction be as good ? also, if I used black and white, is there any difference in slide and print ? anyone who has seen and compared sliede and print, pls advise. and yes - I am fully aware that making prints from slide is tougher, and that if making prints is my primary objective, then I should stick to print.
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