you use green screen ar?
duno why it gives me feel that.

Flash high enough...?

Feels like you put the power level very high...

green screen? i dont use any backgrounds/backdrops or in studio shooting. It is outdoors like it is in that picture.

actually it is nice, but due to the lighting is awkward to me...
maybe you use the flash la. so the subject i feel the light is from front/right but the background light is from back...makes it like not match.

This post has been edited by Agito666: Aug 16 2011, 04:39 PM

like not match? are you serious? i wouldnt want to argue with you much but im betting you dont even know how hard it is to shoot in high noon and get at least good exposure on the subject not to mention a soft light which makes it harder.

but if you say what i did is wrong, than Joe McNally (one of the world's photography pros and nikon pro photographer) is kinda wrong too I guess. Then nikon dont need the use of FP highspeed sync then.. Look at the video at 2:25. http://www.joemcnallyasia.tv/?p=288 "makes it like not match." eyh? goodness...this is the first time i've heard that..

it is sad to say this as i also have a nikon but the saying "Buying a Nikon doesn't make you a photographer. It makes you a Nikon owner." is so true...

http://stephenfaust.wordpress.com/2008/07/...unlight-how-to/
http://www.prophotonut.com/2009/08/17/high...-and-technique/

many more... (i guess they are wrong too)

I just need a real opinion by my fellow friends here whether my background exposure is okay or maybe it should be darker or any other comments & suggestions.

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Added on August 16, 2011, 5:40 pmread above...

This post has been edited by alpha_company: Aug 16 2011, 05:40 PM

@Alpha_company

Don't worry about Agito666's reply, because I honestly think that it's a very good picture

I definitely thought that the lighting technique was superb, still managing to retain the skin tone very well

Heck, many people don't know how hard is it to shoot outdoors and yet, get a good lighting on subject especially during a hot sunny day

p/s: The clouds are a bit distracting I feel

i should get what you mean.
and sorry my words that hurt your feeling, please dont take my words so serious.



This post has been edited by Agito666: Aug 16 2011, 06:05 PM

alpha_company, you clearly have to understand something on daylight fill flash and strobing.

1. The background and your lighting. The background you have were very cloudly and harsh green while your flash pushes the hero subjects and the background far to off.*

2. Composition and focal length. Obviously that is wide angle as it is really awkward to have your hero subjects to be standing in this manner. Simply said, the females are leaning back while the male is obviously too front out of the rest. If you are to pose them, make it visually comfortable and take not of the distortion or pincushions your lens is creating. If 17mm is the widest, shoot at 18mm or 19mm to avoid the distortion.

*Your flash power is too harsh for such background. A subtle amount of strobe is enough to fill the hero subject as well as soft highlights while making used of the sunlight.

Only time you use harsh lights is when the sunlight is an hour away from horizon or gloomy dark clouds as if its going to rain heavily. From the outcome of your shots does leads too many misleading techniques which they assume from your final shot.

You can learn from the pros and even with all the skills learned but applied on the wrong time of the day, it will still end up very wrong. Not the fault of the pros, not the fault of anything else but the fault of the photographer.

Forgive me if i sound harsh. My honest critic on your shot

This post has been edited by onscreen: Aug 16 2011, 05:47 PM

The tree top right and bottom left are distracting!

Crop tighter and make it half body, the guy's hand in the centre doesn't make appropriate to the group photo, crop to half body will make it better

Next time shoot through using shoot through umbrella, if you are using 1 flash, put it in the centre, else if you are using 2 flash, put it on left and right to eliminate the shadow (look at the guy's hand)

Thanks bro, yeah you're right.. the sky is quite distracting especially when the subject is on them.. i'll take note of that.

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Added on August 16, 2011, 5:57 pmyup2.. you're right.. and i shouldn't cut off his hands like that. ahh.. i didnt notice the tree on the top.. i'll take note of all those..

kinda hard with a group shot using only 2 speedlights... its much easier and better with a single person...

thanks

This post has been edited by alpha_company: Aug 16 2011, 05:57 PM

sorry for noob question.
does D90(DX) can use AF-S NIKKOR 50mm f/1.8G(FX)?
Thanks!

Of course, but the focal length will be 75mm (DX crop factor 1.5x)

thanks for reply.
Does it mean all FX lens can mount to D90?
i thought the mounting is different?

Jinbei Studio Light is good or not?

Haha , i get where your going with this dude...
Im trying to do the same effect as yours... but still finding luck with one person...

hello,newbi here,

diff between phottix, Aputure and meike bettery grip?

for d3100

Err? I'm just telling him if he's getting patches with white and yellow lighting, one way would overpower the ambient and use flash as main source lighting. What has it got to do with color gels?

Sure color gel can solve this, but if you don't have one at hand then you need to deal with situation with what you have. I'm just giving suggestions on how he can attempt to handle these conditions.

the guy's track bottom was pulled a little bit too high. makes him look a bit retarded. plus, he was hunching his back.

color gel work till a limit only. but somehow, i dont like sb900 gel, its not that accurate, usually i force custom WB to it, add a little more magenta to get back the skintone. minus 2 contrast.

also, any lens with aperture wider then F4 usually will mess up the whole eV equation... due to wide open aperture like F2.8, the camera detect enough light, so the flash fires at lower power, hence the ambient color will still over power your flash, gel or non gel.

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Added on August 16, 2011, 9:38 pmalpha_company: execution is prefect and impressive, just the composition is not impressive. i wanted to see the others who critics so much to actually come out photo like yours.

This post has been edited by ieR: Aug 17 2011, 11:26 AM

Yup.. you can mount any FX lens as the mounts are the same. The only difference is in the glass construction, FX lens covers a larger image area to fit the larger FX sensor.

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Added on August 17, 2011, 3:02 amThanks for the comment i'll try to improve on what you've said

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Added on August 17, 2011, 3:03 amyeah you're right.. LOL i direct them better next time..

This post has been edited by alpha_company: Aug 17 2011, 03:03 AM