Thanks, your comments are appreciated. Actually, it's LHoB. My Sunpak
422 was mounted directly on the hotshoe. I wasn't using a stroboframe
which I don't consider important for daytime fill flash. The horizon
problem is just from inattention while trying to get in and shoot
quickly while the model is being directed by six other photographers
trying to do the same thing. Senior shoots are much less hectic.
The lens is the only lens I bought with the camera but even if I had
some Zuikos with me I probably wouldn't have changed lenses with the
wind blowing as it was. The aperture is a function of full sunshine on
a beach while trying to maintain 1/200 sec max sync speed for the 5D at
ISO 100. The light was about as bad as you can get for people shots. If
I'd read my manual I guess I could have dropped down to ISO 50 on the
5D. I don't own any 77mm ND filters. Probably won't for a while
either. Still recovering from the cost of the camera. :-)
Guess I should have used my Zuiko 85/2 with a 49mm ND filter.
Chuck Norcutt
AG Schnozz wrote:
>>Please no copying, touching up or other assistance but
>>comments other than exposure and fill will be welcome. Now I
>>just need that assistant.
>
>
> Having printed a lot of portraits from myself and others, I'm
> going to make an assumption here about how you hold your camera.
> It appears that you not using a vertical (battery grip) release
> and shooting "RHoB" (Right Hand on Bottom). This is the
> typically recommended shooting position for verticals, but it
> frequently results in crooked horizons. Unless you really have a
> preference, I'd continue to use RHoB, but make a mental note
> regarding the horizons. If the crooked horizon was intentional,
> you should change your angle to more of a downward shot with the
> person looking up at you. If you are shooting with a Stroboframe
> that rotates the camera (as you should), the rotation is
> typically to the left which puts your RHoT (Right Hand on Top).
>
> The shooting distance and aperture selection just didn't quite
> do it for me. The result (and I'm not referring to exposure or
> color tonalities) is slightly cold in the Bokeh Department. Much
> of this is correctable in Post-Production, but it is something
> that I've noticed between my various lenses and cameras. Even
> when shot with identical settings, I see a marked difference
> with certain lenses. (ain't nobody getting my 100/2.8). Notable
> exceptions exist, but overall I sense a modern zoom at work.
>
> I see a bit of difficulty in photographing this particular
> model. She has a bit of that typical High School Senior which
> has certain angles that cannot be photographed well. Several
> shots are quite good (and will be very good with PP), but I can
> see where both you and her were rushed to get the shots.
>
> Good stuff, Chuck. An assistant holding a gold-foil reflector
> would really warm the skintones and shadows up, but being able
> to do environmental location shoots like this with just a single
> on-camera flash is a required skill of the portrait and wedding
> photographer. Even when using a flash-meter, I chimp often.
>
> AG
>
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