Comments on: Bristol Urban Portraits 10 ~ Pictures and Technique http://www.prophotonut.com/2009/05/13/bristol-urban-portraits-10-pictures-and-technique/ Creative resources for all pro photographers Tue, 27 Jul 2010 15:49:18 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: damien http://www.prophotonut.com/2009/05/13/bristol-urban-portraits-10-pictures-and-technique/comment-page-1/#comment-3156 damien Thu, 14 May 2009 19:50:45 +0000 http://www.prophotonut.com/?p=2685#comment-3156 Hi Fergus, Marko does indeed need recognition. Only, it was Luke who edited these pictures ;) Luke has been with us for quite a while now and has settled in to become part of our creative team. Once you have great captures you are half way there to getting fine prints. Marko is teaching more and more and Luke does quite a bit of our picture editing now under the masters guidance of course. I'll pass on your thanks, Damien. Hi Fergus, Marko does indeed need recognition. Only, it was Luke who edited these pictures ;) Luke has been with us for quite a while now and has settled in to become part of our creative team.

Once you have great captures you are half way there to getting fine prints. Marko is teaching more and more and Luke does quite a bit of our picture editing now under the masters guidance of course.

I’ll pass on your thanks, Damien.

]]> By: Fergus http://www.prophotonut.com/2009/05/13/bristol-urban-portraits-10-pictures-and-technique/comment-page-1/#comment-3155 Fergus Thu, 14 May 2009 17:49:15 +0000 http://www.prophotonut.com/?p=2685#comment-3155 Another great set of images, as good as last year when I did the urban portraits day. Having just spent a day with Marko on photoshop maybe he deserves some recognition too. I learnt so much from him particularly about using lightroom. Many thanks Marko. Fergus Another great set of images, as good as last year when I did the urban portraits day.
Having just spent a day with Marko on photoshop maybe he deserves some recognition too. I learnt so much from him particularly about using lightroom. Many thanks Marko.
Fergus

]]> By: damien http://www.prophotonut.com/2009/05/13/bristol-urban-portraits-10-pictures-and-technique/comment-page-1/#comment-3153 damien Thu, 14 May 2009 16:31:38 +0000 http://www.prophotonut.com/?p=2685#comment-3153 Hi Nick, #11 is one of the simplest frames to shoot in the set. Having complete control of your flash gun opens up so many picture making opportunities it gives you freedom to work in all lighting conditions. I think that frame is one of my favourites too. The 2 dimensional quality is so limiting and simplifying at the same time. Damien. Hi Nick, #11 is one of the simplest frames to shoot in the set. Having complete control of your flash gun opens up so many picture making opportunities it gives you freedom to work in all lighting conditions. I think that frame is one of my favourites too. The 2 dimensional quality is so limiting and simplifying at the same time.
Damien.

]]> By: damien http://www.prophotonut.com/2009/05/13/bristol-urban-portraits-10-pictures-and-technique/comment-page-1/#comment-3152 damien Thu, 14 May 2009 16:27:28 +0000 http://www.prophotonut.com/?p=2685#comment-3152 Hi Richie, The camera was on manual exposure. 1/200th second at f/16 with an ISO setting of 200. I chose 200 ISO because that is the lowest setting on the Nikon cameras without a compression of dynamic range. The flash guns were set to TTL with the left units set to group A and the right units set to group B so we could employ ratios on the Canon ST-E2 and make use of the Nikon SU-800 system control. Damien. Hi Richie, The camera was on manual exposure. 1/200th second at f/16 with an ISO setting of 200. I chose 200 ISO because that is the lowest setting on the Nikon cameras without a compression of dynamic range. The flash guns were set to TTL with the left units set to group A and the right units set to group B so we could employ ratios on the Canon ST-E2 and make use of the Nikon SU-800 system control.

Damien.

]]> By: Nick http://www.prophotonut.com/2009/05/13/bristol-urban-portraits-10-pictures-and-technique/comment-page-1/#comment-3151 Nick Thu, 14 May 2009 15:54:10 +0000 http://www.prophotonut.com/?p=2685#comment-3151 Another great set of photos there Damien, thanks for sharing. Love #11 that is magic... Another great set of photos there Damien, thanks for sharing.

Love #11 that is magic…

]]> By: Richie Carter http://www.prophotonut.com/2009/05/13/bristol-urban-portraits-10-pictures-and-technique/comment-page-1/#comment-3150 Richie Carter Thu, 14 May 2009 15:14:46 +0000 http://www.prophotonut.com/?p=2685#comment-3150 Love that you shared the "behind the scenes" photo. What were the setting on the flash and camera for the last shot? Love that you shared the “behind the scenes” photo. What were the setting on the flash and camera for the last shot?

]]> By: damien http://www.prophotonut.com/2009/05/13/bristol-urban-portraits-10-pictures-and-technique/comment-page-1/#comment-3149 damien Thu, 14 May 2009 09:42:08 +0000 http://www.prophotonut.com/?p=2685#comment-3149 Hi Dave, I'm using the ultra light <a href="http://www.morrisphoto.co.uk/ProductDetails~productID~7052~categoryid~155.html" rel="nofollow">Manfrotto MN051NB</a> stands for this shoot. I weighed them down with bits and bobs of railway stuff. There are bolts, brackets and bits of iron all over the place at this location. You can use your camera bag as a ballast if you put a thin cord loop on the strap. My camera bag strap is too wide to go over the stand clamps. I had twice the weight and twice the wind resistance on the stands as you will need because I had a Nikon SB-900 and a Canon 580 EX2 rigged on a pair of the Lovegrove flash brackets for training purposes. I hope this helps. Damien. Hi Dave, I’m using the ultra light Manfrotto MN051NB stands for this shoot. I weighed them down with bits and bobs of railway stuff. There are bolts, brackets and bits of iron all over the place at this location. You can use your camera bag as a ballast if you put a thin cord loop on the strap. My camera bag strap is too wide to go over the stand clamps. I had twice the weight and twice the wind resistance on the stands as you will need because I had a Nikon SB-900 and a Canon 580 EX2 rigged on a pair of the Lovegrove flash brackets for training purposes.

I hope this helps. Damien.

]]> By: Dave http://www.prophotonut.com/2009/05/13/bristol-urban-portraits-10-pictures-and-technique/comment-page-1/#comment-3148 Dave Thu, 14 May 2009 07:46:07 +0000 http://www.prophotonut.com/?p=2685#comment-3148 Damien, Another set of great images. What sort of stands are you using for the speedlights? As it was windy, do you have to weigh them down somehow? Thanks Dave Damien,

Another set of great images. What sort of stands are you using for the speedlights?

As it was windy, do you have to weigh them down somehow?

Thanks
Dave

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