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<p>Wow! A quarter mile away with a flash unit? It must be one HELL of a flash to make any difference at a quarter mile or a a half mile. I think that is total BS Ellis! Come on! Really? <br>
Show us an image that reflects this requirement. Please!</p>
<p>I just don't see it, but am willing to have it proven to me, since you say it is important to your work. Show ONE image where it was important for that requirement.</p>
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<p>I suggest you think about how long it was between exposures in camera. You may have a small light leak on both edges of the back of the camera. I suggest this due to the comment of not having this on all frames. Process tank problems would be present on ALL frames. Not random frames.</p>
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<p>Without a budget quoted, I would highly recommend Mark Ridout in Lindsay, Ontario. He and Chantal will go anywhere, and for Montreal, it's not a big travel for them. Of course, he's a big deal photographer, so pricing may be a bit steep, but it can't hurt to make contact with them. They are excellent storytellers in the wedding genre and his slideshows are the BOMB!<br>
Another Canadian photographer I can recommend woud be Robert Watcher.</p>
<p>Websites for each of these guys:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.ridoutphotography.com/">http://www.ridoutphotography.com/</a></p>
<p><a href="http://robertwatcher.com/">http://robertwatcher.com/</a></p>
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<p>Use Proshow Gold for two years and then get Producer for half price! It's their Loyalty Discount. Details are on their website.</p>
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<p>That's a great bit of software! Very nice! Thanks for making this program known to us!</p>
<p>If I were still doing professional work, weddings or portraits, I would use this program. It's very cool, and the learning curve doesn't look too complicated.</p>
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<p>This item is identical to the MC-36 except for possibly the heft of the cord. All the same functions, even looks the same, but is only $50!</p>
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<p>OK, Gus. Take a deep breath.</p>
<p>If you have a key kight that reads f/11, what does the fill light need to be? Less powerful than the key. If you use a less powerful light from the same distance as the key light, what reading does it give for proper exposure for just the fill light alone? It gives a reading that goes toward the f/8 setting, not f/16, right? So if you had two adjustable lights of the same model and need to have one light at f/11, then you want to meter the fill light for a setting with less power, which will give a reading toward f/8. A meter reading of a second light at f/16 would be a more powerful light, and not a fill.</p>
<p>Does that help?</p>
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<p>"As to modifiers, you don't generally need two softboxes or two umbrellas--and certainly not to start with. In a small space, umbrellas will be your worst enemy (too much spill light everywhere). A softbox, not too big for your space and light with a reflector (and some grids) would be a good start. Umbrellas that are convertible from reflective to "shoot thru" type are better than single purpose ones--at least to start."</p>
<p>So shoot through umbrellas give less spill??!!</p>
<p>This is a bit contradictory. A bit more explaining to make your point clear?</p>
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<p>It doesn't matter who wants to pay for a wedding photographer, it matters who the photographer is photographing for. For me (even though my opion may not hold merit with the vast majority) the client is the bride. If the client is the bride, regardless of who is paying the bill, SHE is the client. So, she is the one who signs the contract. NO EXCEPTIONS! Don't even think about considering the mom or aunt or grandma as the client! The bride signs and she is the client. PERIOD! It's her wedding, not mom's or grandmas or aunt Betty's! Having a mom or anyone else sign is ASKING for litigation. Mom or anyone else paying is not my problem. Satisfying the BRIDE is my job. Not mom. Mom is paying for the bride, not herself. No matter what she thinks. It should be the bride who decides who photographs her wedding and that choice can be PAID for by mom, but after that, the bride is BOSS!<br />That lesson has been learned by countless imagers the hard way. Satisfy the client. (There is only one client in a wedding, the bride! The groom usually {sic} doesn't care!)</p>
<p>What more is there to say?</p>
<p>In this case, the Mom has some say! She signed the contract! (Your BIG mistake!) So you are stuck as to what should be done.</p>
<p>Satisfy your client.</p>
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<p>It may be old and look like it's decrepit, but google Joe Zeltsman or Monte Zucker. Joe's posing and lighting guide is fundamental and in depth. Not exciting reading, but very informative. Just keep in mind that lighting is not about type of light, but direction of light and quality of light. Everything in Joe's "book" is with strobe, but applies to every kind of light. Monte was a good teacher that made that very clear. Technique in lighting and posing is what makes portraits look like they are natural and "unposed"! Getting over the "there are shadows in my portrait" syndrome is the hardest hurdle to overcome from clients. But they never say the flat stuff is good stuff. They just were told at some point that shadows were bad. So... any shadows are bad lighting. :-)</p>
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<p>The difference between a dedicated pro and you is in choosing a camera body. A camera capable of ISO 102,400 is now available. If you are serious about event photography, or wedding photography, and are pursuing a career, you might want to invest, I said INVEST, in a high end pro body. It's not an easy choice to make, but if you find this problem to be a constant one, you need to INVEST in the gear you NEED! Of course, lighting is another way to INVEST in your gear. If you can't invest in a Pro level camera body, then pro level lighting gear is recommended.</p>
<p>Either way, you have to invest in your gear to generate the business, and imagery, you wish to create. I know it's not easy or affordable in the beginning, but it is necessary to do , or at least consider, in order to achieve a goal. A goal that is the success of a photographer in any field.</p>
<p>Nothing is easy in a photography business. A Photography hobby is.</p>
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<p>The real "name of the game " here is "seeing the light"!</p>
<p>Whether you use ambient or flash/strobe is irrelevant. Direction of light and quality of light is the skill most desired in a photographer's arsenal of talent. A two dimensional image that has three dimensional qualities through lighting is a talent that is most desirable in a photographer.<br>
Any skill that improves your knowledge of "lighting" is beneficial.</p>
<p>In the long run, direction of light, and the quality of that light, whether hard or soft, and the purpose for that light, is the goal to achieve, rather than what kind of light is better than the other for the purpose intended.</p>
<p>Learn how to see the light , then choose the type of lighting to achieve the end result. Or, how to achieve the end result with the lighting available.</p>
<p>The true pro will make due with what is at hand. BUT, direction and quality of light is paramount in obtaining the image that is envisioned.</p>
<p>Dismissing education in any form of lighting is foolhardy. Claiming any one type of lighting as sufficient is naive and lacks vision. Learn as much as you can about all types of lighting to be the best photographer you can be.</p>
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<p>Subject exposure determined by flash.</p>
<p>Ambient exposure determined by shutter speed.</p>
<p>Basic stuff in ambient and flash combination of light sources.</p>
<p>Sorry if that is condescending, but it's basic information. Learn it and excell!</p>
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<p>So, your choice of clothing is everyone else's problem? Not yours?</p>
<p>It seems you were not able to see a need for an extra pair of pants, and make it everyone else's fault!</p>
<p>Live and learn, my friend, live and learn.</p>
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<p>I would disagree. Get paid in advance or forget it all together. Getting paid after the fact is hard if not impossible. If you regularly get paid in advance, get paid in advance. No exceptions. No matter if it's a month, or a day, before the wedding. I learned the hard way. Apparently, so are you.</p>
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<p>I've addressed this before. In Lightroom's dialog, you have to make adjustments by selecting the hours, minutes, or seconds to make finite adjustments. It is NOT obvious at first glance.</p>
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<p>I want to ask Maryann and William one question.</p>
<p>Do you know who Charles J. Lewis is?</p>
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<p>You should ALWAYS make a backup of your files before doing ANYTHING to the images. Redundancy is a key to a professional workflow. The more copies of your originals you have, the safer your future is in relation to, well... screwups!</p>
<p>I hope you learned your lesson.</p>
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<p>The Battery 1 is a low voltage battery. TheTurbo is a high voltage battery. Connecting a low voltage battery to the high voltage connection would be like using spent AA batteries to power the flash. In the reverse, hooking up a Battery one cable to a Turbo battery, you would fry the circuitry of the flash and possibly have a fire or explosion of the flash unit!</p>
<p>Forget about an adapter.</p>
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<p>The first pic is an example of what amateurs do with a P&S camera. They fail to notice where the flash is. That same shot would have been better, if only slightly, by keeping the flash above the lens instead of below it. It makes the lighting monster-like from below.</p>
<p>Just common sense.</p>
<p>Also, don't get a SB-600 for your Canon camera. A Canon flash might work better. ;-)</p>
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<p>You've made all of the mistakes a wedding photographer can make in one job.</p>
<p>You had no contract before the wedding.</p>
<p>You haven't been paid before the wedding.</p>
<p>You gave the images away without getting paid.</p>
<p>You are negotiating a contract after the wedding.</p>
<p>You are letting the client tell you what you are able to do with YOUR images.</p>
<p>I really don't think you are ready for the wedding market, or any market for that matter. But, at least you knew enough to start asking questions.</p>
<p>I hope you come out of this OK. But rethink your business before booking ANY more jobs.</p>
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<p>Only give license to use for PERSONAL use and NOT for COMMERCIAL use!</p>
<p>They can make prints for Grandma, but not for Uncle Salvatore in his ad campaign for his realty business.</p>
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<p>What's wrong with them?</p>
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<p>Two words, one name...<br>
Rick DeLorme<br>
See the effect of his wedding lighting here:<br>
www.delormephoto.com<br>
No on camera flash! ALL off camera!</p>
Best day turned into worst nightmare
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<p>I am no lawyer, but at the moment, you are the one with a legal reason to sue them. Your rights to control the use of your visage is DEFINITELY within your rights for a suit. You and your husband can SUE your Mom for failure to do as you requested, as long as the posted images include you and/or your husband.</p>
<p>I know you don't want to do that, but if push comes to shove, you have some clear recourse. You have not broken any laws as yet, but she has.</p>
<p>Just a couple of cents worth.</p>