tara_behmer

<p>I'm looking to purchase a light meter mostly for indoor wedding portraits. I have a Canon 5D Mark II with Promaster Umbrella Studio Lights if that makes a difference. I would like something fairly reasonably priced and user friendly.<br>

Thank you,<br>

Tara</p>

<p>Hello,<br>

I am in need of some help with my camera settings for portraits in a church or indoor location. I mainly do portraits in my studio and am very happy with my studio light results. I have 2 Promaster Studio lights that I position on the sides with shoot through umbrellas and I also have a giant soft box as my focal light. I set my Canon 5D Mark II to Manual Mode 1/100, F/5, ISO 100 and WB to Flash. Then I just adjust the power of my lighting as needed.<br>

Then when I go to a church setting I try to do everything the same, but it's either way too dark or way too bright and I just spend too much time adjusting everything. Do you recommend getting a light meter? How do these work and what do you recommend getting?<br>

Thank you so much for the help!!<br>

Tara</p>

<p>Thank you Howard! The File, Export worked!</p>

<p>Can someone tell me why iPhoto shows that I have RAW CS2 files after they're uploaded, then when I bring them into Photoshop it shows they're JPG's? Did I lose all the RAW data? Help!</p>

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<p>Beautiful shot Berg! Thank you so much for everyone's advice! </p>

<p>I will be traveling to Europe next week and need some recommendations on camera settings and equipment, so I be sure to get the best pictures possible. I mostly shoot portraits and am just getting into weddings, so this is a whole new area of photography for me.<br>

Here's the equipment I have...</p>

<ul>

<li>Canon 5D Mark II DSLR</li>

<li>Canon 50D DSLR</li>

<li>Canon EF 24-105mm f/4 IS USM Lens</li>

<li>Canon 50mm f/1.4 Lens</li>

<li>Tamron 28-75mm f/2.8 Lens</li>

<li>Canon 580EX II Speedlite</li>

</ul>

<p>I'm thinking I will mostly use my Mark II and 24-105mm lens....what camera settings are good for shooting inside museums and cathedrals? Do you recommend using my speedlite or will I be good with just adjusting my camera settings?<br>

Thank you for the help!!</p>

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<p>I can't believe this happened to you. I would really like to see the pictures she took if you could repost them!!</p>

<p>It looks like a flash trigger was supposed to be included with my lights and it was not, so that's where I was getting confused. I just could not figure out how to trigger the lights! They are sending one to me now, so I should be set. Thank you for your help! I currently have 2 flashes with umbrellas and a reflector disk, would you recommend a back light or anything with my setup?<br mce_bogus="1"></p>

<p>I am setting up my lights once and leaving them there. I just need something to trigger my studio lights. Right now I am currently using my 580EX flash to do this, but I would like to just shoot in Manual mode and disable my flash. What would you recommend doing? If I don't need to purchase a flash meter, I would rather not. </p>

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<p>I am fairly new to the photography world and have just purchased the Promaster SystemPro Advanced 3-Head Studio Flash Kit. I'm starting to do more indoor portraits and would like some suggestions on if I should purchase a flash meter? Do these meters actually trigger the lights or just set your camera to the most appropriate settings?<br>

Thank you for the help!!</p>