Josh,
You'll get plenty of opinions, but I'll off mine anyway. For all 3, I'd
suggest 160NC and for the same reasons. You want neutral, unemphasized
colors and a film with good latitude capable of offering shadow details. The
grand piano will need that, as will the dog, if it's black. I've used the VC
and really don't think the difference is all that dramatic. At that, I
didn't notice a shift in color balance, just a bit more saturation.
I can't comment on the Metz units, but I'll be looking forward to the
responses. I would strongly recommend the use of a small umbrella. The
results are far more pleasing than a bare flash in portraiture. If you're
using a TTL capable flash, you can rely on that, but a flash meter is even
better.
Good Luck!
-Mickey
----- Original Message -----
From: "Josh Lohuis" <josh1@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, September 08, 2002 9:01 PM
Subject: [OM] What have I Taken On??
> Hello All,
>
> I have recently accepted three photography "jobs". The first one,
which
> involves me taking pictures of a woman's one-year old baby (female), do be
> done sometime before the end of September. I have talked breifly with the
> lady, she mentioned being open to anything, including the outdoors at
> sunset. The second job; taking pictures of a woman's dog, to be done early
> October (not much more information here [yet]). And lastly, a family
> portrait for another woman, there was mention of a new grand-piano that is
> to be included in a (the) portrait.
>
> The first job worries me a little, although because she is open to
> "whatever" I think I'll be OK. Hopefully all pictures with available
> light- even indorr photos. I'm thinking about Kodak Portra. Not sure to
go
> with NC or VC, I don't want the baby to take on a pink hue with the VC,
but
> I imagine it would accentuate the colours of the sunset. She will most
> liekly be wanting enlargements in the 11X14 area (estimate) so I'm
assuming
> that a lower ASA film would be best.
>
> For job number two I imagine the owner of the dog will let him go outside,
> although it might be a pure-bred poodle with ribbons and a sweater. In
that
> case I may need a flash. What film to use? I don't even know where to
> begin picking out film for a dog shoot.
>
> Job three will most-likely need flash unless a divine intervention
provides
> a large bay window at an acceptable angle to the piano. Lord! This one
> scares me, at least its not a wedding. Again, they will wnat
enlargements,
> so I'm thinking Portra NC 160. I'm not sure though.
>
> So the meat of this post: the flash topic. I'm going to need a flash for
> at least one picture for at least one job, plus I'll need it more many
> (hopefully) jobs a head. The Metz 45 any CL is looking good, but there
is
> a problem. I'm very leary of Ebay. I see some nice 45's go for good
prices
> all the time but I'm too scared to bid. Im not sure why either, its liek
a
> phobia. But anyhow, can anybody provide any advice an anything I will be
> doing int eh next two months ex: film choice, backgrounds/backdrops (are
> they neccesary?), flash choice (dryfit battery or NiMH), advice on taking
> baby pictures, animal pictures, family pictures, general advice, ebay
> tips/advice, ect. etc.
>
> Thanks to everyone in advance, maybe I can get through this and at the end
> have a few dollars lining my pockets and few inquries about my "services".
>
> Josh (Oh God!)
>
>
> < This message was delivered via the Olympus Mailing List >
> < For questions, mailto:owner-olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >
> < Web Page: http://Zuiko.sls.bc.ca/swright/olympuslist.html >
>
>
< This message was delivered via the Olympus Mailing List >
< For questions, mailto:owner-olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >
< Web Page: http://Zuiko.sls.bc.ca/swright/olympuslist.html >
|