With the right tools, outdoor wedding photography can be a nice contrast to the more formal, controlled-light look of photographs taken within the confines of a catering hall or other wedding-centric indoor location.
Joey Quintero provides solutions to avoiding “raccoon eyes” and squinting guests in this two-minute video about shooting wedding groups outdoors. He identifies the problems and provides convenient and safe solutions for adding that extra bit of lighting when the on-camera flash won’t cut it.
In this B&H video, Joey Quintero delivers a two-minute primer on using a flash in the proper orientation for shadowless wedding photos, discussing both the theory and providing a simple, practical solution.
This all depends on what type of lighting system you currently own. If you are shooting with tungsten or other form of continuous lighting, you’re in the game. If you’re shooting with electronic flash, the news isn’t as good unless you plan on shooting video one frame at a time. Strobes are simply the wrong tools for capturing video.
The ability to dial in ISO sensitivities in the five- to six-figure range in 1/3-stop increments is pretty heady stuff. With the exception of some of the highest ISO ratings, the image quality of the resulting imagery remains surprisingly decent and is equal to or better than the image quality of the fastest film stocks.
Medical photography often involves taking pictures of small, hard-to-access subject matter, most often in equally small and hard-to-access places. Add to the equation the subject matter of these pictures is usually inside a living, breathing person (or animal) and suddenly you realize how precise and demanding this specialized slice of the photo market can be.
Most photographers keep their camera safely suspended by a protective neck strap, ensuring that they don’t drop it. They go wherever they have to in order to get the shot they’re after. But some photographers have to operate multiple cameras, sometimes mounted far out of reach, triggering them remotely when the time is right.
Flash duration is a measurement of the burst of light that creates the exposure. While flash durations are almost always shorter than the shutter speed, there are times―especially when working on larger sets at full power―when the camera’s shutter speed can be shorter than the flash duration.
When it comes to studio flash systems, photographers face few limitations as per what’s possible. If you can sketch the shot on paper, you can shoot it. Power-wise, there are a number of power packs capable of banging out up to 6400 w/s symmetrically or asymmetrically into single or multiple heads.
LEDs are among the coolest continuous-lighting technologies to come along in quite some time, and Rosco LitePads are among the finest of the lot. Available in a choice of Daylight or Tungsten, the advantages of LED lighting include soft shadows with smooth highlight-to-shadow transitions, low heat output, low power consumption and form factors as slender as 0.37” (9.4mm). They are extremely valuable for lighting tight interiors.
Whether you’re shooting under bright- or low-light conditions, the surest way to capture sharp photographs is to use a tripod, and depending on your subject, maybe even a flash. The trouble is that in the real world this is not always possible.
The demand for multi-dimensional imaging has grown greatly over the past few years. Reaching well beyond technical applications, the use of 360°, 3D and VR photo imaging has been incorporated into many retail websites as a means of giving online shoppers a really good look at products. To this end, Ortery has introduced a selection of tools designed to simplify and streamline the process of capturing and outputting advanced multi-dimensional product photography.
With the exception of a few SpongeBob and Hello Kitty point-and-shoot digicams, every digital camera allows you the option of setting the White Balance (WB) to a selection of specific pre-sets (Daylight, Cloudy, Fluorescent, Tungsten, etc.) or Auto, and for the most part, you’ll get acceptable results regardless of whether you set your camera to Auto or man-up and choose one of the camera’s pre-set modes. But what about getting the best results?
Drop-It Modern is a new line of affordable studio accoutrements, including a colorful selection of velour backdrops with velvet flocking, a sturdy backdrop support system and a pair of collapsible circular reflectors.
The first thing to accept is that you won't have enough time, the location won't be easy, and your subject will either turn into a wallflower or a Prima Donna the moment you train a lens on them. But, if your interview is well scripted and your lighting is complimentary, you'll witness an almost magical transformation that can be quite revelatory.
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With the right tools, outdoor wedding photography can be a nice contrast to the more formal, controlled-light look of photographs taken within the confines of a catering hall or other wedding-centric indoor location.
Joey Quintero provides solutions to avoiding “raccoon eyes” and squinting guests in this two-minute video about shooting wedding groups outdoors. He identifies the problems and provides convenient and safe solutions for adding that extra bit of lighting when the on-camera flash won’t cut it.
In this B&H video, Joey Quintero delivers a two-minute primer on using a flash in the proper orientation for shadowless wedding photos, discussing both the theory and providing a simple, practical solution.
This all depends on what type of lighting system you currently own. If you are shooting with tungsten or other form of continuous lighting, you’re in the game. If you’re shooting with electronic flash, the news isn’t as good unless you plan on shooting video one frame at a time. Strobes are simply the wrong tools for capturing video.
The ability to dial in ISO sensitivities in the five- to six-figure range in 1/3-stop increments is pretty heady stuff. With the exception of some of the highest ISO ratings, the image quality of the resulting imagery remains surprisingly decent and is equal to or better than the image quality of the fastest film stocks.
Medical photography often involves taking pictures of small, hard-to-access subject matter, most often in equally small and hard-to-access places. Add to the equation the subject matter of these pictures is usually inside a living, breathing person (or animal) and suddenly you realize how precise and demanding this specialized slice of the photo market can be.
Most photographers keep their camera safely suspended by a protective neck strap, ensuring that they don’t drop it. They go wherever they have to in order to get the shot they’re after. But some photographers have to operate multiple cameras, sometimes mounted far out of reach, triggering them remotely when the time is right.
Flash duration is a measurement of the burst of light that creates the exposure. While flash durations are almost always shorter than the shutter speed, there are times―especially when working on larger sets at full power―when the camera’s shutter speed can be shorter than the flash duration.
LEDs are among the coolest continuous-lighting technologies to come along in quite some time, and Rosco LitePads are among the finest of the lot. Available in a choice of Daylight or Tungsten, the advantages of LED lighting include soft shadows with smooth highlight-to-shadow transitions, low heat output, low power consumption and form factors as slender as 0.37” (9.4mm). They are extremely valuable for lighting tight interiors.
Whether you’re shooting under bright- or low-light conditions, the surest way to capture sharp photographs is to use a tripod, and depending on your subject, maybe even a flash. The trouble is that in the real world this is not always possible.
The demand for multi-dimensional imaging has grown greatly over the past few years. Reaching well beyond technical applications, the use of 360°, 3D and VR photo imaging has been incorporated into many retail websites as a means of giving online shoppers a really good look at products. To this end, Ortery has introduced a selection of tools designed to simplify and streamline the process of capturing and outputting advanced multi-dimensional product photography.
With the exception of a few SpongeBob and Hello Kitty point-and-shoot digicams, every digital camera allows you the option of setting the White Balance (WB) to a selection of specific pre-sets (Daylight, Cloudy, Fluorescent, Tungsten, etc.) or Auto, and for the most part, you’ll get acceptable results regardless of whether you set your camera to Auto or man-up and choose one of the camera’s pre-set modes. But what about getting the best results?
Drop-It Modern is a new line of affordable studio accoutrements, including a colorful selection of velour backdrops with velvet flocking, a sturdy backdrop support system and a pair of collapsible circular reflectors.
The first thing to accept is that you won't have enough time, the location won't be easy, and your subject will either turn into a wallflower or a Prima Donna the moment you train a lens on them. But, if your interview is well scripted and your lighting is complimentary, you'll witness an almost magical transformation that can be quite revelatory.
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