Comments on: photo-session with Sundae – white on white

By: Gary Jacobs

Gary Jacobs — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 13:31:12 +0000

Hi Neil, I really enjoy and find your web site extremely informative. I am new to photography so I’m sorry if this question illustrates my ignorance. Would you have used a flash for Sundae’s shoot if there were no snow on the ground? If so what would be your basic settings for the camera and flash? Also if it were a sunny day with snow would you have used a flash? Same question two different scenario’s. How would you go about using fill flash on subjects that don’t stand still for very long.

Thank you
Gary

By: Curtis Copeland

Curtis Copeland — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 16:59:00 +0000

Great post. I have had a similar problem with beach portraits where the family was wearing white shirts on a really bright day.
Thanks for the insight!

Curtis

By: Hershel K. Waldner

Hershel K. Waldner — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 17:48:24 +0000

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By: Neil vN

Neil vN — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 13:11:24 +0000

Adi .. by using a camera that has lightning fast AF acquisition -the Nikon D3. Therefore the subject hasn’t had much time to move yet.

Also, by not wildly re-composing off to the side, I run less risk of focus errors due to curvature in the plane of focus.

I do change my composition by slight crops in post-processing of the RAW file if my composition needs tightening up.

Also, I do favor more central compositions, if you look at my work.

Neil vN

By: Adi

Adi — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 11:46:37 +0000

Neil, on comment 12 you said that “during a wedding I mostly use Single Focus mode (AF-S), and the center point. I keep it simple then”. Is that mean that you mostly do focus and recompose? How do you recompose to keep the subject in focus when you recompose especially is you use aperture 2.8 or larger?

By: Hannah Lundberg

Hannah Lundberg — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 09:35:15 +0000

Thank you, Neil. This was so educational!

By: olympus_fotograph

olympus_fotograph — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 16:00:43 +0000

which RGB tonalvalue you give snow?

because 255/255/255 would complete blown out.
is it between 230/230/230 – 240/240/240?
grts
olympus

By: Neil vN

Neil vN — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 09:26:02 +0000

MP and Sinuhe .. during a wedding I mostly use Single Focus mode (AF-S), and the center point. I keep it simple then.

Neil vN

By: Tad

Tad — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 12:26:55 +0000

You wrote that you “set to AF-C (continuous focus mode), and 51 AF points, I let the camera control most of the focusing for the session. For a few more static images, I did flip to AF-S mode to be sure of exact focus on her eyes”

I wonder what kind of autofocus do you use in wedding photography, specialy when shots in churches or venues when persons are moving? Do uou also use AF-C and 51 points, or 3D mostly?

I don’t think there is enough time to set it manualy, but how to do it fast and accurate? Could you let us know what is your practical way to use autofocus during fast moving scenes during ceremony?

By: Sinuhe

Sinuhe — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 08:07:17 +0000

Hi Neil,
very helpful post – photographing such a small bundle of energy is a challenge. Question – when in AF-S mode, did you use the 51 AF points, or single point focus…?
Groete, S.