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Portable light, lights for portraits?
chrismitchell replied to chrismitchell's topic in Beginner Questions
I have about 80 prints for my friends in the mountains of Guatemala. For most of them these will be the only portrait they have. The longer I look at them, the more I want to learn something about portrait photography. -
Portable light, lights for portraits?
chrismitchell replied to chrismitchell's topic in Beginner Questions
I asked to have the blue bag moved. The grandmother speaks Ixil. No English. No Spanish. I thought standing in the door was worth a try. I am trying to figure things out. Perhaps this year's Mayan portraits will be better. -
Portable light, lights for portraits?
chrismitchell replied to chrismitchell's topic in Beginner Questions
These photos come from a small village in the mountains of Guatemala. Magdalena, the girl in the photo above, is standing in the doorway of the house she lives in. If you look close you might notice the floor has no tiles. This is one of the few houses that did not burn when the civil war came to their village in 80 and again in 82. I like to visit Guatemala over Easter because no one celebrates semana santa, (Easter week,) like they do in Guatemala. Magdalena's grandmother does not speak English or Spanish. She only speaks Ixil. I think grandma and the neighbors will be happy to get their prints only 50 weeks after I snapped the pictures. I do not take pictures of people very often. I think I have learned a couple of things form the gents posting in this thread. Maybe this years photos will be a little better. Now I am worried that all my photos are to dark, Maybe I am not to old to learn a new trick. -
Portable light, lights for portraits?
chrismitchell replied to chrismitchell's topic in Beginner Questions
I can see the flash reflected in their eyes. I may have moved forward or back without changing the fill flash setting. RX100v is my little point and shoot. I noticed that the lights are brand specific so I am going to buy a reflector for now. Maybe this summer I will finally get a Nikon mirror-less. As long as I have the attention of a couple of photographers smarter than me. Can you tell me if this one is a better exposure? -
Portable light, lights for portraits?
chrismitchell replied to chrismitchell's topic in Beginner Questions
Etiquette? This is a real concern. Etiquette is far more important to the Mayan people than to a gringo like me. Now the first picture with a horse in the background, I paid the model. We came to an agreement. If I buy a belt that she knows I do not want or need, I can take a few pictures. I figure the photo is mine to do with as I please. The other 2 girls are my friends from a mountain village. I spend a little time teaching them English, as they teach me to speak Ixil, their first language. Did I betray their confidence in me by putting their pictures on the internet? I promised to return with prints for their mothers, as gifts. I did not pay for the photos. I am not selling their photos, no, simply trying to learn something. Clearly there is room for improvement in my portraits Etiquette? -
Portable light, lights for portraits?
chrismitchell replied to chrismitchell's topic in Beginner Questions
Gents, thanks for your help. This is the photo I thought was good enough for a large print, and also this one got a large print Auto white balance does not work well with the Mayan people. The first photo with camera in hand, I thought was closer to her actual skin color than the rest of the bunch. Most likely I used a white balance card. The second photo here in close to the correct color. They have naturally rosy cheeks. At least some of them do. Is this one also to dark? -
Portable light, lights for portraits?
chrismitchell replied to chrismitchell's topic in Beginner Questions
I might learn something today. From the 80 prints at 15 x 20 cm I found only 6 I wanted to print at 30 x 40 cm. Rodeo joe. For some reason I thought the bracketing did not use in camera noise reduction as a single shot does. I thought wrong I just discovered. Maybe it was the v1 from a few years back, or maybe I read the wrong web page. Bracketing does use in camera noise reduction I now know. Continuous shooting loses high iso noise reduction. Bracketing loses nothing. Bracketing does not work with flash. With flash It only takes a single shot regardless of the setting. I most likely used aperture mode and center exposure. If the little green box did not find her face, Auto exposure may have been on her brown shirt. Or maybe I moved back a couple of steps without increasing the flash? -
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Portable light, lights for portraits?
chrismitchell replied to chrismitchell's topic in Beginner Questions
I watched the video thanks. The guy said he does not like gold reflectors unless you are taking photos of golden brown sun tans on a California beach. I am going back to Guatemala in a couple of weeks. With about 80 photos of Ekaterina, (below), and her friends in their mountain village. They have waited about 11 months for their prints. And no there is not a place to get a print even remotely nearby. Not on a machine made this century. I don't think I will have a new light before I head out. Any guess as to which reflector could help improve photos like this. No photoshop and no grey card. Correct color is hard with the Mayan people. I expect to have a dozen or more assistants. This is not supposed to be the best photo in the batch or anything. Children love to play with cameras. Many people have an old one just sitting in a box. Nothing to lose, Maybe 4 years before I took this photo, I let the at the time 4 year old Ekaterina borrow the same Kodak you see in her hand. When I could not find her, and not wanting to stay out after dark, I took a bus 12 miles to the next village where I was staying, without the kodak. She traveled alone and after dark and found me 2 hours later, I had already given the spare batteries and the charger to her aunt. Before the civil war a women named Rigoberta lived in the house you see as a backdrop. Recuorda Chajul -
Portable light, lights for portraits?
chrismitchell replied to chrismitchell's topic in Beginner Questions
Every now and then I do something right. Thanks. Most likely it was an hour or so before sunset. If I remember right¿ Her name is Lily. She sells home made belts in Guatemala. If you do not need to buy yet another belt, she stands in front of you and smiles until you do need belt #13. If and only if you buy just one more belt you can take her photo as many times as you like. -
Cute mayan girl selling cinchos in the park. -
Portable light, lights for portraits?
chrismitchell replied to chrismitchell's topic in Beginner Questions
slowly I figure things out. Soon How to use a light for a better photo will be my practice for the day -
Portable light, lights for portraits?
chrismitchell replied to chrismitchell's topic in Beginner Questions
Thanks gents I will look at the strobist. and the rest. I figured out that pp is post production. Does ttl mean through the lens? Not much of a texter. Practice practice practice. Best advice. Godox TT-600, YongNuo, video by Jack Reznicki -
Something I have little information about is lighting. Other than the flash in my camera. This is for travel. I want something I can put in my carry on bag and fly somewhere. Is there a way to get some kind of lighting without spending all my money? I am not a pro. I wont get my money back by selling photos. What I will do is take photos of my friends when I fly to Guatemala or Colombia or Peru. Somewhere I read an article that said something along the line of. So you think you know how to take a portrait using natural lighting? Yea, get a light. Well it was a lengthy article and well written. But that is what it said. Maybe I will get a couple of good tips on some affordable lighting.
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Printing an 8 x 10 or 6 x 8 on wood, how to?
chrismitchell replied to chrismitchell's topic in Beginner Questions
Lot to think about. I will read this again tomorrow most likely the following day also. -
Thanks. I spent a week walking up creeks to get waterfall pictures. It rained a lot that week. I came within a inch of buying the Sony full frame mirrorless. Glad I did not, Nikon claims weather protection. Sony was criticized for no weather protection
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Sorry for being uneducated. If I buy the affordable z50 and a couple of accessories. Can I use the lens and accessories on a Z7 after I save up? The Z7 would be my first 35mm sensor camera. I have no lens collection. I might wait for the version 2 of the Z7. Seems there is always something wrong with the first model. Or, it is more camera than I can afford. But I need one anyway. I hike in the rain and take pictures of waterfalls now and then. Sounds like a job for a Z50. I also travel in Central or South America. I would like to make large prints of some of my friends down there. Z7? I entertain myself by taking star photos, or night photos using one light or another to add to the photo. My question. Buy a Z50. Buy a remote for the shutter. Buy a lens, then after a while another. Eventually buy the expensive camera and be able to use the things I bought to go with the Z50. Four examples of how I entertain myself with a camera. Perhaps not the best photos. They could help me to get advice on buying a camera I will struggle to pay for.
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How can I print a quality high resolution photo on piece of wood? The illusion in my head is that I know how to take a photo of a person. Something that takes time to learn, at least for me. I do not want to give a 2 inch photo to a person. I would rather give a 6 inch by 8 inch photo to a person. 8 x 10 would be better. Do they have to be printed on Fuji photo paper? Is there a way to print a high resolution photograph on something more permanent? A piece of wood, for example. I travel to some isolated areas. Places far from a photo lab. If I knew how, I would print a photo on a wooden plank and give it to some people as a gift. Wood sounds good to me. I posted my printing question in the beginners forum for a reason. SIimple. (is it,) I want to carry some kind of a printer, without a car, and give the gift of a photo. Not a photo, a nice high quality photo. Some of my friends live a long long ways from a photo printing shop. If I knew how, I would give them a photo as a gift. I would rather have something more lasting than a paper print. Wood? Something? This girl lives in Arara Colombia. You get there in a canoe. What kind of a print should she have for a gift
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I am looking cautiously at mirror less full frame cameras. I entertain myself by taking photos at night, sunsets, stars, people in motion with 1 second exposures. Before I spend more than I can afford, I want to do a little homework, and get the right camera. I will be taking night photos of stars. Sunset photos in remote national parks, and animals in Yellowstone park. I have been looking at Sony mirror-less cameras. As a non expert, I could use some advice. Can a mirror less camera see further than an DSLR with the same lens? I read somewhere that a mirror less with a 200 mm lens could see further than a DSLR camera using the same 200 mm lens. Any one know if this is true?
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