Comments on: Advertising your photography – a quick guide

By: damien

damien — Sat, 26 Feb 2011 12:16:22 +0000

Thank you Bruidsreportage, wise words. Damien.

By: Bruidsreportage

Bruidsreportage — Mon, 31 Jan 2011 15:28:21 +0000

In the event you have a wedding during the summer months, chances are you are going to want to book a year in advance since it’s the prime season for a wedding. You are also going to want to ask plenty of questions to your photographer to make sure they understand what you’re searching for and that they have the resources available to do it.

By: damien

damien — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 11:38:12 +0000

It may be because the background is too light. This kind of lighting effect works best on shiny black or deep saturated colours. I often use a vibrance boost in Lightroom to make the colours pop too.

Damien.

By: Fred

Fred — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 09:03:45 +0000

Thx for your quick answer !
Just tried, it works great ! But I don’t have colors like yours : deep and saturated ;-(

By: damien

damien — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 08:50:11 +0000

Hi Fred,

I used the flash bare but zoomed in. If you take this kind of shot with a wide lens in closer the flash does not flare to the same extent because the hot spot is blocked by the model. If you use a long lens the hot spot becomes bigger and creates a halo as in this picture.

Other pictures on my blog that use the same technique are here…

http://www.prophotonut.com/2008/09/06/usps-the-currency-of-survival/

and here (pictures number 1,2 and 4) …

http://www.prophotonut.com/2008/09/06/dublin-urban-portraits-pictures/

I used the camera on P for program and set the ambient exposure compensation to minus 2 stops and the flash was set to ETTL. When using this technique it is common to need some flash compensation. Adjust it to taste.

By: Fred

Fred — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 08:27:43 +0000

Hi Damien,
For photo n°2, did you use a diffuser (Stofen omnibounce) on your Speedlight ?
Camera : manual or Av or Tv?
Flash : TTL or manual?

Thx!