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Advice for shooting people on the beach at sunset?
Christopher Hartman wrote: Maybe, there are so many variable it's hard to tell. The OP will have to weed through what works and what doesn't. I guess I'll find out the end of April Mar 02 13 06:58 pm Link Any more tips on this? My trip is coming near and I'd like some food for thought. Apr 07 13 09:10 am Link Aaron Lewis Photography wrote: My recommendation?... meter for the surrounding background and sunset... use strobes or reflectors creatively and effective to illuminate the foreground... Apr 07 13 10:32 am Link If you want the setting sun in the background, think twice before using a protective filter. Combine a long lens and the setting sun in the frame with a digital camera, and you have the ideal recipe for traditional flare or contrast reducing flare. If this is the look you are going for, then add a filter to your lens. If this is not the look you want, you should think twice before using a filter. It is one of the great ironies of life that those situations which maximize filter image degradation, are typically those situation where many people want to use their filters the most. Apr 07 13 12:09 pm Link Manage your time well, the sun goes down fast! Apr 07 13 12:17 pm Link A N D E R S O N wrote: Yes it does. This I know all to well. Once the sun is close to the horizon you have about 2 minutes and that's it Apr 07 13 03:51 pm Link DO NOT shoot at a state park without a permit! You will either be booted from the location within 20 mins of showing up or get a nice ticket. Rangers have nothing better to do than to mess with photographers. Speed lights are ok but I prefer full on strobes with batter packs. Yes they are a lot more to carry but I love being able to use a beauty dish or softbox at the beach. Nothing beats soft light on the model mixed with sunlight giving you a kicker. Apr 07 13 04:07 pm Link This is taking place in Aruba so there will be no state anything and unfortunately, I'm not trucking all my studio gear on the plane, so in this particular case it's going to be speedlights  Apr 07 13 04:15 pm Link Aaron Lewis Photography wrote: Aaron I was replying to the OP who said they are shooting in a state park. Apr 07 13 04:24 pm Link Jay Lee Studios wrote: Ohhh sorry. Apr 07 13 06:31 pm Link Shoot multiple exposures if all you will use is a speedlight. You really need more than one but that's just my opinion for now. Shoot on a tripod, do the background then the model in the same frame and tweak it later for dramatic effect...If you do only one exposure or shoot in JPeg then you will lose out!!!!... Anyway, the best thing is to keep that flash a few feet away and make it bright and tweak later. You can always tone it down without noise but you can't bring it up and not introduce noise and other fragmented elements into a photo. Apr 07 13 06:46 pm Link So you're saying expose the background on it's own and shoot it. Then put the model in the scene, expose on her and shoot it again? Interesting. I'll have two speedlights with me but I have SB-600s so I can't remote trigger them without the commander flash. Which I guess we could work that out. I always wanted to get those optical trigger hot shoe adapters but just never spent the money I'll have to do some trial and error before I leave Apr 07 13 07:46 pm Link |
