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    Want to start using off camera flash...

    in Canon EOS Mount

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    <p>I have seen some really nice work done using mixed light, bring in a battery powered tungsten light and using flash as main light with tungsten as atmosphere<br>

    LED<br>

    http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/controller/home?O=sort&A=search&Q=&sortDrop=Price%3A+Low+to+High&bl=&atl=&pn=1&st=categoryNavigation&mnp=0.0&mxp=0.0&sv=12292&bhs=t&shs=&ac=&fi=all&pn=1&ci=12292&cmpsrch=&cltp=&clsgr=<br>

    Unomat LX800 or VL100<br>

    http://www.expandore.com/product/Unomat/Videolight.htm</p>

    Re: Hair lighting. Equipment and How To Question

    in Lighting Equipment

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    <p>I shot a load of hair in the past, classic cover lighting is the best, shoot with light directly in-line with camera and subject tilted at a 45 degree angle with bottom of light source just above the lens and the top of the light approx in-line with subjects face, a nice light drop off from hot at the top of the head down the face with natural shadows, shooting thru an umbrella is an excellent budget option, 1 light is sufficient. 85mm equiv is the best focal length. (I hope you can ecipher my instructions B))</p>

    Is it mostly Digital that is being used in fashion photography now?

    in Portraits & Fashion

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    <p>Some tips I use to produce quality stills.<br>

    1 - model selection - flat bone structure under the eyes not deep set or bags, think kate moss!. (model agencies will happily let you test)<br>

    2 - makeup - natural dewey with natural lips, gloss, blusher under eye area of cheek. (just had sex look)<br>

    3 - hands - watch there open and sitting nicely. (it translates into the eyes)<br>

    4 - stylist - colour please black does not fashion photos make. (think french vogue http://www.vogue.fr/)<br>

    5 - lighting - copy the best. (michael thompson http://www.jedroot.com/photogr/mt/thompson-fashion.php)<br>

    6 - posing - same as above!<br>

    7 - medium format digital - you do want to be in this game right?</p>

    Easing a self concious client...

    in Portraits & Fashion

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    <p>The best approach I have witnessed and something I do myself is to hold both the clients hands early in the posing process and move them into the right position holding there hands. I have used this on non models a bit and it seems to help relax them, a great line when trying to get some character in the eyes is to ask the subject to think of a warm place this has no negative aspects and seems to work well. With heavier models I try to pose them on a couch on there knees like on all fours then shoot towards the face and down the body with the hair hanging down and chin up. This is very sexy and everything hangs nicely, the raised chin lifts the neck and gives them confidence.</p>

    How powerfull is the Canon 430EX?

    in Canon EOS Mount

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    I have finally gotten good results with my 430ex after many forgettable shots with flash.

    Try a stoffen flash filter, lower the wide angle adapter on the 430EX flash set camera to 800-1200 asa and AV mode 1/30th with flash on auto. The results are amazing flash must be direct. I use a 17-55 F2.8 lens (you may want to use your camera on manual at 1/30th F8 for greater DOF).

    What mobo and processor would you build around right now?

    in The Digital Darkroom: Process, Technique & Printing

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    quad-core Q6600 (2.4GHz)~

    4x 1Gb DDR2 800 ~

    Gigabyte Core 2 GA-965P-DQ6 ~

    2x 250Gb drives raid 1 ~

    4x 500Gb drives raid 0+1 ~

    1x Nvidia 7900 dual dvi graphics ~

    22in CRT - hardware calibrator ~

    run 3Gb switch ~

    http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/e834e9c7-708c-43bf-b877-e14ae443ecbf.aspx ~

    12x9 wacom ~

    CS3 - lightroom 1.1 ~

    xp pro 32 ~

    see anandtech

    http://www.anandtech.com/cpuchipsets/intel/showdoc.aspx?i=3038&p=14 ~

    my site www.dves.co.nz! ~

    The dangers of Raid 0

    in The Digital Darkroom: Process, Technique & Printing

    Posted

    I build highend video editing systems and have found an excellent intel based board by gigabyte it has the functionality of 2 seperate onboard raid systems, I have configured 2x 250Gb drives in Raid 1 for the system drive and 4x 500Gb drives in Raid 0+1 for the data drive partitioned into 250Gb sections (windows has a 10,000 file limit so larger partitions can cause data corruption) the board can be found at www.dves.co.nz/systems - Core 2 GA-965P-DQ6

    XTI v.s. 5D for portraiture

    in Canon EOS Mount

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    XT with a 50mm f1.8II can give stunning portraits using nice lighting, my favourite style is to set the softbox angled towards the subject straight on but angled so you can shoot under its leading lip, this is a cover style of lighting and gives a nice falloff down the figure.

    My next fav is to position the subject in front of a window using the window as a big light source and I am in front of the window (I am positioned between the window and the subject) this gives a cool window light effect in the subjects eyes.

    My final fav is to use ringlite very interesting porttraits!

    30D, to color manage or not to color manage

    in Canon EOS Mount

    Posted

    invest in a spyder or something similar

    http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/colorvisionmonitorspyder/

    This is the single best investment in print quality I have ever made!

    Use a decent CRT

    use ADOBE RGB for Camera and working space for print delivery for prepress use sRGB for web and inkjet colour space for printing locally.

    with a proper calibration you start to get a feel for the exposure when submitting to printer I find the CRT is 1 stop brighter than the final print so compensate accordingly

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