Comments on: Bristol Urban Portraits 14 ~ Pictures and Technique http://www.prophotonut.com/2009/07/03/bristol-urban-portraits-14-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/2009/07/03/bristol-urban-portraits-14-pictures-and-technique/comment-page-1/#comment-3312 damien Thu, 09 Jul 2009 09:44:47 +0000 http://www.prophotonut.com/?p=2975#comment-3312 Hi Michaelbs, I only use three lenses with my Canon. A 16-35mm f/2.8, a 24-70 f/2.8 and a 70-200 f/2.8. I find that the working distance is far more important than focal length when shooting this kind of flash portraits. If I am working with natural light I often get the chance to use a shallow depth of field and then focal length / aperture combination becomes more important. Take a look through my other Urban Portrait posts. Because I regularly include a wider shot showing flash placement. Blogging these images can begin to show the nuts and bolts of the construction, give you some inspiration but they can't show the detail of compositional thought, the subtleties of model / customer direction or how to rig Speedlights on sloping ground for instance. For the whole picture, there is nothing quite like coming out with me for the day on a workshop. Kindest regards, Damien. Hi Michaelbs,

I only use three lenses with my Canon. A 16-35mm f/2.8, a 24-70 f/2.8 and a 70-200 f/2.8. I find that the working distance is far more important than focal length when shooting this kind of flash portraits. If I am working with natural light I often get the chance to use a shallow depth of field and then focal length / aperture combination becomes more important.

Take a look through my other Urban Portrait posts. Because I regularly include a wider shot showing flash placement.

Blogging these images can begin to show the nuts and bolts of the construction, give you some inspiration but they can’t show the detail of compositional thought, the subtleties of model / customer direction or how to rig Speedlights on sloping ground for instance. For the whole picture, there is nothing quite like coming out with me for the day on a workshop.

Kindest regards, Damien.

]]> By: damien http://www.prophotonut.com/2009/07/03/bristol-urban-portraits-14-pictures-and-technique/comment-page-1/#comment-3311 damien Thu, 09 Jul 2009 09:31:54 +0000 http://www.prophotonut.com/?p=2975#comment-3311 Hi Dave, Well spotted. It's the camera that was set to Manual. The Speedlights were on TTL. My error for ambiguous captioning. Damien. Hi Dave, Well spotted. It’s the camera that was set to Manual. The Speedlights were on TTL. My error for ambiguous captioning.

Damien.

]]> By: DaveT http://www.prophotonut.com/2009/07/03/bristol-urban-portraits-14-pictures-and-technique/comment-page-1/#comment-3310 DaveT Thu, 09 Jul 2009 07:02:10 +0000 http://www.prophotonut.com/?p=2975#comment-3310 Damien, Nice set of images. The last two images have even balanced light between the speedlights but in one you use TTL, whilst in the other you use manual. Why the switch? Thanks Dave. Damien,

Nice set of images.

The last two images have even balanced light between the speedlights but in one you use TTL, whilst in the other you use manual. Why the switch?

Thanks
Dave.

]]> By: michaelbs http://www.prophotonut.com/2009/07/03/bristol-urban-portraits-14-pictures-and-technique/comment-page-1/#comment-3296 michaelbs Sat, 04 Jul 2009 19:19:22 +0000 http://www.prophotonut.com/?p=2975#comment-3296 Thanks for your excellent posts and DVD's. One request: it would be helpful if you included focal length info as well. Also if you included a wider shot so we could see the actual height and placement of the speedlights. Thanks so much. Thanks for your excellent posts and DVD’s. One request: it would be helpful if you included focal length info as well.
Also if you included a wider shot so we could see the actual height and placement of the speedlights.
Thanks so much.

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