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General discussion / Need Help in Wildlife

« : Ноября 27, 2007, 12:23:17 am »

Hi Guys and Gals.

I need help. I need to present a course in Doha, Qatar on Wildlife Shooting, and I can't seem to find a reserve that is open to the public.

Anybody have any info?

Regards

Sean

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Photography / Re: Wedding Gear?

« : Ноября 27, 2007, 12:20:39 am »

hi Forgiss,
so good to see you here, my friend! 
welcome!

Hahaha... thank you!

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Photography / Re: Wedding Gear?

« : Ноября 27, 2007, 12:19:34 am »

What would be a good lighting setup for group shots? I was thinking of using my flash plus one good light if that would be sufficient.

Well... that depends on your set-up mostly.

I tried to remain mobile for  most of the time, and an extra light means set-up and takedown which keeps you away from the action. If you have an assistant, no probs, but even then I'd rather go for two speedlites or 580 Canons (whatever is your flavour) that you slave

Depending on your gear and location, you can bounce from the ceiling at about ISO400 (if indoors) and get a very nice natural feel to the shots.

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General discussion / Re: How is Crestock doing for everybody?

« : Ноября 27, 2007, 12:15:37 am »

Aaargh!!

One day when I have bandwidth to blow... I'll send them stuff again!

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Photography / Re: What is your most favourite/ least favourite subject to photograph?

« : Ноября 27, 2007, 12:11:04 am »

good grief? favourite? we can have a favourite?

Man, as long as I am shooting... who cares!?!?

I have to confess that I think the most dificult is children (have no illusion friends... newborn babies are just not lying still!!!)

The most challenging is weddings... You can't interfere or move people arround too much, you start with an editorial style, switch to glamour for dressing up, switch to fashion for pre ceremony, swith to editorial for ceremony (with some fine art thrown in for good measure) then back to family photographer for the families and groups, and so on and so forth. The whole while you need to make the crapiest locations look like fairytale castles!

You have to have the patience and steady hand of a wild life photographer, for low light shooting, and catching just the right moment

You have to have the speed, agility and responses of a sports photographer to catch the frigging flower girls and other general action.

You have too carry all of your equipment like a Yak

and you have to smile and be creative for the better part of 12-16 hours on a day

(it also helps if you can do Crisis Management, and therefor, I can do a mean hairdo, have done a make-up course, can sew wedding gear (or my better solution = staplegun), know which calming meds doesn't go well with Champagne, can drive, carry extra sweets for difficult ring bearers (aged 3) and extra sunblock for hung over best men. I can also tie a straight, windsor or bowtie, and used to carry extra packs of batteries/film for when the mother of the bride run out, and an extra medium size black belt (worked into the cost of the wedding beforehand) for the groom/best man/father of the bride...

... Man I love stock!

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Photography / Re: Wedding Gear?

« : Ноября 26, 2007, 11:53:36 pm »

Hey Travis,

Wife and I did weddings for a long long time. Here are a few tips:

1. Always wear sunscreen...

seriously though:

2. Back-up... have backups of everything (cameras, lenses, batteries, storage, and an extra photographer if you can)

3. Flash - More is better, to get a more natural look, bounce your flash against ceilings and walls, instead of straight from the front. That requires a bit more oomph

4. Good shoes - you are going to be on your feet for 8-12 hours

5. Water - keep hydrated, if you are hydrated, your brain is hydrated, which means you work better under presure, and your responses are generally faster, and you don't get so tired, and you are generally less iritated. (no alcohol on the day... trust me)

6. Travel light, but don't leave anything at home that you might need. You have to be mobile, and you have to be able to move fast.

7. Don't interfere, it's somebody's wedding, not a photo shoot. Shoot fast, don't take up their time. shoot with long lenses during ceremonies (hide behind flower arangements and potted plants)

8. If you want to buy something, buy a reflector, great for bouncing flash, and adding natural light to a scene

addition to point 2: If you can, take a second photographer. So many things happen in so many places, and even if you run from spot to spot, you will only end up tired, and still miss half of everything.

Hope that makes sense?