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11/14/2007 11:28:47 AM |
| Cool, thanks! I own the Vivitar 285HV and love it. The Tamron 28-75 f/2.8 would have been my first choice if I didn't go for the 24-105. =) |
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11/14/2007 11:14:55 AM |
This was our first proper single person portrait shoot. We did these indoor shots at their home with our 420ex bounced off an umbrella for the main light but also with a flood bulb in a desk lamp as the back light. What this gave us were a combination of light and colors that couldnt be fixed proper with a simple white balance selection. We had this funky orange cast on the background that was hard to eliminate. You can actually still see some of it around her body.
The vignette is overall added afterwards in Lightroom. We tried to get it in camera but did not succeed with that light setup. Pretty much all of the images that we finished editing for her had some sort of vignette added as the last element. Lightroom has an excellent vignette tool.
This shoot taught us a number of things. Even though our flash was technically off camera we were still attached to it by a 2ft cord - solution is we now own a 580ex to act as the master. At some point we will pick up a vivitar to use as a backdrop light. We also learned that we can not count on a bare wall to be a good backdrop - so right now we are in the market for a black and a white muslin plus a portable backdrop stand so that we can easily shoot in other peoples homes if need be. And finally we learned that our Sigma 18-125 lens was not so hot for portraits - we purchased the Tamron 28-75 2.8 as a replacement and boy oh boy what a right decision that was. |
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11/14/2007 11:02:31 AM |
| Nice, Tim. Is the background lit with a light, or does the vignette produce the effect? |
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