There was a casual request from a couple friend to click few of the pictures for them. Well I picked up my 50,85 mm f1.8, 18-105mm and my flash SB910 and spent about an hour taking pictures.
Lightening was awesome - we picked a place where a lot of reflected light was reaching.The focus was always smart on eye in most cases - so what went wrong was something I realized when I processed the pictures.
I was shooting with too wide open Aperture. I was shooting at f3.2 and below most of the times. The pictures looked sharp on the camera but since there were two people they often moved. In lieu of the nice bokeh I screwed up a lot of pictures due to the shallow depth of field setting ! Keep an eye at the aperture especially when there are two people in shot. I know with more it is obvious but I got lost since most of my recent photos have been with just one person.
I rejected all but this and I can say that at least this one looks like created for the purpose.
Click on the image to look at the poor result which you can only see on a big screen.
Second problem as expected was posing. You need to have a catalog of poses for you to work with.
Third was that on more than one occasion I failed to notice the change in lightening. The aperture mode isn't smart enough and I should have been shooting manual especially when I am comfortable shooting.
Four - the auto exposure calculation gets confused when contrast isn't enough. So focus on something that has contrast and them recompose. I didn't do it every time because it was slipping of my mind over an over again.
What saved the day - yes my definition is very lame. I got one picture which I really liked.
Okay now what went right - I was shooting RAW. I think nothing beats that.
Lightening was awesome - we picked a place where a lot of reflected light was reaching.The focus was always smart on eye in most cases - so what went wrong was something I realized when I processed the pictures.
I was shooting with too wide open Aperture. I was shooting at f3.2 and below most of the times. The pictures looked sharp on the camera but since there were two people they often moved. In lieu of the nice bokeh I screwed up a lot of pictures due to the shallow depth of field setting ! Keep an eye at the aperture especially when there are two people in shot. I know with more it is obvious but I got lost since most of my recent photos have been with just one person.
I rejected all but this and I can say that at least this one looks like created for the purpose.
Click on the image to look at the poor result which you can only see on a big screen.
Second problem as expected was posing. You need to have a catalog of poses for you to work with.
Third was that on more than one occasion I failed to notice the change in lightening. The aperture mode isn't smart enough and I should have been shooting manual especially when I am comfortable shooting.
Four - the auto exposure calculation gets confused when contrast isn't enough. So focus on something that has contrast and them recompose. I didn't do it every time because it was slipping of my mind over an over again.
What saved the day - yes my definition is very lame. I got one picture which I really liked.
Okay now what went right - I was shooting RAW. I think nothing beats that.
