Photo/Photographer thread.

[Wyatt Earp]

[Wyatt Earp]

My fave of the evening .

 

 

[BarHugger]

Your Hub friends..........????

 

Be afraid, be very afraid.

 

Good work AB.

[HappyMartin]

You have a very good eye Wyatt. No doubt about it. You say first time in a studio. How did that come about? I mean by that are you just not keen on studio work or has it just not come up? Where was this studio? Did you hire? Would you like to work more in a studio?

 

Don't mean to pry. Just curious. And I mightt have an idea.

Edited April 2, 2015 by HappyMartin

[Wyatt Earp]

Thanks Martin.

 

No, I have never had the opportunity.

This was at CameraStuff last night.

It was my first time in a studio with lights and reflectors as we as triggers.

It was very interesting and I like how one can manipulate the light to what you want.

I certainly found it much easier to get good results with all that light.

I must say, I thoroughly enjoyed it.

Sherlock now wants to teach me Lightroom and Elements in depth .

[HappyMartin]

Well I teach LR as well. In my studio to small classes in Rosebank. If you interested you can attend for the cost of the lunch. Let me know

[Wyatt Earp]

Your Hub friends..........????

 

Be afraid, be very afraid.

 

Good work AB.

Thanks Barman.

Hub friends ?

These folks were actually nice 

[nazmo]

Great shots for your first studio outing!  I quite enjoy studio work myself, I also like setting up home studios and location studio shoots.  Its quite addictive!

[mon-goose]

very well done wyatt.

[Frosty]

We had studio photos done for both girls when they were each less than a week old.
First time it was on a black background with soft lighting which I liked, and still do.

Second time, we went with a cream background - completely different feel with some stunning photos.

 

First one was a little more plain - pose, smile, shoot, repeat. Done in just over an hour.

The second one was way more creative with props, soft toys - we were there for almost 4 hours because the new-born was stubborn like her dad and couldn't sit still for 5 minutes - didn't feel comfortable with all this pampering.

 

I take my hat off to the studio photographers - patience is key, lots of it.

[sawystertrance]

Morning Hubbers.

 

I have a technical issue with which I need some opinions.

I have a 10-year old Canon350D in reasonable condition. Of late it has been "washing out" about 30% of any batch of photos I take, even of the same scene with no changes made to settings or changes in scene, lighting or anything else. I don't think the problem is with the compact card since the problem has occurred with 2 different cards, although the problem could be the connection. 

 

Below are 2 examples taken of the same scene at the Epic finish. they were shot on continuous setting with the same exposure and shutter speed and have just both been reduced in size in Photoshop for the purposes of posting here. I saved them both to the minimum setting and notice the resultant size in files.  Original file sizes were 3.45 Mb and 845Kb.

 

Anybody got any ideas what the problem could be?

 

Cheers.

[nazmo]

Definately the sensor that does exposure, could just be intermittent.

 

Shoot fully manual, and see if you get the same issue

[sawystertrance]

Definately the sensor that does exposure, could just be intermittent.

 

Shoot fully manual, and see if you get the same issue

I'll try that but hate intermittent problems. Do you think it would worth it to repair or just "koop nuwe"?

[gummibear]

My fave of the evening .

 

 

 

 

Love this pic  

[HappyMartin]

Morning Hubbers.

 

I have a technical issue with which I need some opinions.

I have a 10-year old Canon350D in reasonable condition. Of late it has been "washing out" about 30% of any batch of photos I take, even of the same scene with no changes made to settings or changes in scene, lighting or anything else. I don't think the problem is with the compact card since the problem has occurred with 2 different cards, although the problem could be the connection. 

 

Below are 2 examples taken of the same scene at the Epic finish. they were shot on continuous setting with the same exposure and shutter speed and have just both been reduced in size in Photoshop for the purposes of posting here. I saved them both to the minimum setting and notice the resultant size in files.  Original file sizes were 3.45 Mb and 845Kb.

 

Anybody got any ideas what the problem could be?

 

Cheers.

I would bet it's the lens. When viewing through the camera viewfinder the image you see is with the lens wide open. This is to make the image as bright as possible. It has certain drawbacks like not allowing you to review depth of field but there is a method to deal with that.

 

When you make the exposure a number of things happen. The mirror moves out of the way making the viewfinder black. The lens shuts down to the aperture selected for the exposure and the shutter opens. Other things take place on the sensor level that we will ignore for now since they are not relevant to my theory.

 

When lenses get old or take a bump or suffer some kind of mechanical damage it is fairly common for the blades of the iris that determine the aperture to not close properly to the selected aperture or to close too slowly and be still in motion when the shutter opens and the exposure is made. This results in an over exposed frame. It is frequently intermittent and or variable as friction is a common cause and that can be affected by many different things.

 

 

Anyway that's the theory. Best way to test it is to use another lens or if you don't have one choose a correct exposure with the lens wide open and a high shutter speed to give correct exposure. This will mean the lens is not required to shut down as the aperture selected is the same as the wide open viewing aperture. If the problem goes away with these tests then you know it's the lens.

 

Lenses can often be repaired. If the problem doesn't go away come back here as there are a few other things you can try.

[Flowta]

Just picked up a nice little Olympus Micro Four Thirds camera.

 

Before I head off to Chinese websites, any of you guys know where I can get accessories in South Africa? (e.g.rear lens & body caps, lens adapters, etc.)

 

Also looking for a 40.5mm lens cap

 

Any suggestions?