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TMeeks -> RE: Thank You! (6/19/2009 10:04:01 PM)

One of the tricks that pro photographers use is to have an assistant that can help pose people. The assistant can walk up to people and help them tilt their head just right or rearrange errant collars, etc.

It's very difficult to focus on both the mechanics of the camera shot and the framing of the pose, etc. But, after a while you'll get good at shooting the second you see a potentially good pose.

See if you can get some help posing people next time and/or try to be ready to shoot as the subjects pass through a usuable pose. That's a techniqu you HAVE to learn to shoot dogs. They NEVER understand the photographers directions. [:D]

By the way, those cheapo hand-held cheapos probably produce a better image than we could deliver with $65,000 cameras back when I was shooting professionally.

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ORIGINAL: Holdcard

I'll keep you in prayer, nothing like a little pressure huh?

I have very limited experience in video, just the hand held cheapos. I'll be interested to see the stills you get though if you want to share. People are the hardest for me, just because they don't listen. I think part of the reason may be familiarity, so far it's either been friends or family. Maybe if I start charging it will make a difference.

I like shooting events, kind of a photo journalism thing. So the reception and actual wedding would not be a problem. The big challenge for me is the posed bride and groom shots before and after the actual ceremony. I don't know if all weddings go like this but the few I've been to getting everyone together is a real pain. Seems like you're always waiting for someone then when you finally get everyone there, they are all in a hurry.

I'll be waiting to hear how it went for you.

Holdcard



PolarBear -> RE: Thank You! (6/21/2009 2:11:38 AM)

My cousin used my GS500 to record my wedding. It actually got the sound (with the internal mic) almost as good as the sound system recording got it, so I never felt the need to merge the two. [:)] Then I recorded his wedding with it and a Rode VideoMic and that did fine as well. (That was outdoor, no sound system.)



Holdcard -> RE: Thank You! (6/21/2009 6:20:07 PM)

Well, I finally got around to uploading the UCP portraits to the gallery

You'll have to log in to see them in the Exercises area, I do not have photo releases. Technically I don't really need them, it's just the right thing to do (or not to in this case).

These are the 8X10 crops I uploaded to Costco, they printed just fine.

Holdcard

PS, how did the wedding go?



TMeeks -> RE: Thank You! (6/21/2009 9:38:24 PM)

Pretty good! Especially considering the lack of room!

To make the individual and two person shots try not to shoot them head one. Point their legs and feet 45 degrees off-axis from your camera and have them simply turn their head toward you. You can see the effect in the short where two people are bending down facing a child in the middle and with their heads toward you.

Cropping closer would be a big help with the children's pictures. Again, a good expample of a tighter shot where there are boys in costume. The tight shot gives us more detail of their faces.

Whenever possible, of course, and you already mentioned space being a problem, bring them out about 4-5 feet from the background. But, all in all, every series gets better and better. [sm=thumbsup.gif]


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ORIGINAL: Holdcard

Well, I finally got around to uploading the UCP portraits to the gallery

You'll have to log in to see them in the Exercises area, I do not have photo releases. Technically I don't really need them, it's just the right thing to do (or not to in this case).

These are the 8X10 crops I uploaded to Costco, they printed just fine.

Holdcard

PS, how did the wedding go?



TMeeks -> RE: Thank You! (6/21/2009 9:42:12 PM)

The GS500 is a very nice video camera and most people that have one to shoot indy movies use the Rode VideoMic. If you haven't visited the forums for Panasonic 3CCD users, then by all means do so. They are great. Even though I own Sony gear their forums are my favorite for video production, etc.

http://www.pana3ccduser.com/


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ORIGINAL: PolarBear

My cousin used my GS500 to record my wedding. It actually got the sound (with the internal mic) almost as good as the sound system recording got it, so I never felt the need to merge the two. [:)] Then I recorded his wedding with it and a Rode VideoMic and that did fine as well. (That was outdoor, no sound system.)



Holdcard -> RE: Thank You! (6/22/2009 5:07:19 PM)

Thanks for the encouragement. In this case there were developmental disabilities involved. Some will work well with you, others you just kind of take what you get.

If I actually had a place to practice I'd probably improve more rapidly but I'm still pretty happy with the current results. As long as each time gets a little better I figure I'm on the right track. I was hoping to practice at the church where we have food ministry. I don't think they'd have a problem with it, but I'm just letting that situation cool off for a while.

My sister offered her place, but they have a spastic dog that they have little control of. Just doesn't seem wise to set up all the equipment in that situation either. God will let it happen when He's ready.

Holdcard



TMeeks -> Outdoor shooting (7/7/2009 2:20:31 PM)

Practice is the key to learning photography. Every time I think I've got something down fairly well, I run into a new situation that humbles me very, very quickly! [:D]

Three weekends ago I shot photos at a reception for a wedding. I didn't have on my reading glasses when I set up the camera quickly and set the shutter speed too slow. Not a good thing.

And, two weekends ago, I shot outdoors under a canopy using 3 Canon flash units with umbrellas. It was definitely another learning opportunity. The problem this time was that I shot at too high a shutter speed without also forcing the aperature to at least f3.5-f4.0. This let the camera and E-TTL to float the aperature at 2.8 on some shots, making for a very limited depth of field.

Fortunately, most of the Pet Expo photos were salvageable. But, I'll be shooting again under the canopy in September and will DEFINITELY set up the camera in manual mode and simply let the ISO be set automatically.

For what it's worth, here are the photos from the Pet Expo.

The Quik Shade Summit S233 canopy that I used has two side cover extensions that can be lifted up to form a flat roof on two sides of the canopy. This worked very, very well to control shadows.



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