nick_pandya Posted June 18, 2008 Share Posted June 18, 2008 I was recently asked to take pictures at a daytime concert. I was able to get on stage (which was completely shaded from the sun) to take pictures. When I tried to capture photo from behind the artist the sunlight completely washed out the background. My question is, what type of equipment can I used to knock down the brightness of the sun. I do have a polarizing filter. I tried using that but it darkened my subjects who where standing in the shade. Equipment: Canon XTI, 50mm f/1.8 Lens, ISO 100.<div></div> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beauh44 Posted June 18, 2008 Share Posted June 18, 2008 You might try exposing for the background (shorter shutter-speed and/or smaller aperture) and use a bit of fill-flash to illuminate the artists on stage. You might try Av mode with fill-flash dialed back a little. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nick_pandya Posted June 18, 2008 Author Share Posted June 18, 2008 Thank you, I did you fill flash but didn't expose for the background. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ellis_vener_photography Posted June 18, 2008 Share Posted June 18, 2008 you need to balance the intensity of the light between the stage area and the background at the f-stop + Shutter speed + ISO you choose to use . Meaning: you need to get much morelight on the stage. The polarizing filter isn't helping you in any way except to make everything dimmer -- which probably makes your flash work harder than it really needed too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nick_pandya Posted June 18, 2008 Author Share Posted June 18, 2008 I used 50mm lens in manual mode with f/2.8, ISO 100, and shutter speed of 1/125. The artists where moving around a lot. All shots had fill flash. Are these the right setting?<div></div> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garethspics Posted June 19, 2008 Share Posted June 19, 2008 It looks like you need more flash power. Your camera may not be able to use flash above 1/125 sec ( I am not familiar with your model) so you are forced to use a small aperture to avoid burning out the background. This means that the flash has to be able to put out a lot of light. The only answer may be to use something bigger. http://www.kenrockwell.com/tech/syncspeed.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nick_pandya Posted June 19, 2008 Author Share Posted June 19, 2008 Gareth thank you that link was very informative. I was using the Canon 430X flash which supports high speed sync. At the time I didn't have it set to the high sync mode. There are so many things to think about and the artist (my client) had only ten minutes of stage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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