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What's your preferred one or two light setup for indoor/outdoor family/group portraits (5-15 people)?

Could he simply be pointing the flash directly at the crowd during dancing pics while dragging the shutter or do you think he is bouncing somehow?

I was wondering what your thoughts were on how Ross Harvey lights his receptions (speeches, dancing, etc). Check out his incredible blog, http://www.rossharvey.com/weddings/lake-como-erba-gastel-wedding.

<p>Thanks for everyone's input. I have taken measures to better my technique with better positioning, holding, and breathing. I'd say that things are a bit better, but I have yet to achieve a vertical image as sharp as a horizontal one. I will keep at it. Maybe the physics of the way the mirror flaps in portrait orientation will never allow for this?</p>

<p>It's the Canon 70-200 f2.8 is II and IS #1 was enabled for all te shots. I will turn it off for shots done on a tripod, but in reality, I rarely use a tripod. I only did so to see if the issues I have been experiencing were a result of my having a non steady hold when shooting vertically.</p> <p>I am not using the lens mount when using a tripod. Again, I will do so to see if the results change.</p> <p>Ultimately I was just wondering if people in general need to use higher shutter speeds when shooting vertically with a telephoto lens.</p>

<p>It's the Canon 70-200 f2.8 is II and IS #1 was enabled for all te shots. I will turn it off for shots done on a tripod, but in reality, I rarely use a tripod. I only did so to see if the issues I have been experiencing were a result of my having a non steady hold when shooting vertically.</p> <p>I am not using the lens mount when using a tripod. Again, I will do so to see if the results change.</p> <p>Ultimately I was just wondering if people in general need to use higher shutter speeds when shooting vertically with a telephoto lens.</p>

<p>Recently I've been kind of pixel peeping at my own images and noticed that when shooting vertically (even with a tripod), my images are not as sharp as when taking the same photo horizontally. At first I attributed this phenomenon with poor technique when hand holding. While I do know that my barrel hand tends to shake more when holding the camera higher (a necessity in order to get the viewfinder up to eye level), I was a very surprised to see that images using a tripod and a focus test chart produced similar discrepancies between photos taken horizontally vs vertically. What's going on? </p> <p>What do you guys do to get sharoer images when shooting vertically and hand held? Do you instinctively raise the shutter speed and ISO? Is the blurriness of vertical images taken on a tripod a result of how the mirror vibrates when the camera is in that position?</p> <p>TIA.</p>

<p>Hello, everyone. I'm new to the group and not very advanced in Photoshop, but there are three photographers who's post processing I love and can see really bring their photos to a different level. While these are three different and distint photographers, it appears that they have a similar style for PP. Can anyone shed some light on what they do to chieve this look? I'm a self taught person and I'm more than willing to figure how to use these techniques, but I just need a little direction. Thanks in advance.<br /><br /><a href="/photodb/folder?folder_id=1087364">http://www.photo.net/photodb/folder?folder_id=1087364</a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></p> <p> </p>

<p>I'm using all manual settings. The issue seems that everytime I change the flowers, the background is affected. I'm assuming that the colors of the flowers and their size is casting weird shadows and colours that are affecting the backgroiund wall that is relatively close. I don't have a large space to work with. Just a tiny 10x10 room. What do you suppose is happening with my background considering all camera setting are constant?</p>

<p>I am trying to shoot a variety of different sized floral arrangements against a white wall. I'd like to keep the backgorund a light grey. What is the best setup to achieve a constantly grey background using a white wall using a three speedlite setup or any other setup given the chance? <br /><br />Right now, I've attempted shooting the arrangements with two speedlites through shoot through umbrellas setup at 45 degrees on either side of the subject and about 1 foot away. The subject is merely 2 feet away from the background wall and I've been getting very inconsistent results when it comes to the background color/exposure.</p>