Thanks Matt and Rob - yep, I had thought about ND filters, and believe that I may have to add some to my list of purchases in preparation for this shoot.
Rob - I will most definitely be doing some practice shoots prior to going out with this one. I also have another 4 weddings prior to this fashion shoot, so will experiment a little with those too. I really need to do some more shots of my own kids though, so I may use them for a "dummy" run and try out the diffusion panels and reflectors etc with them... Many thanks once again, tan. -----Original Message----- From: Rob Brigham [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, 23 March 2004 10:57 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: omg - i have my foot in the door (but now I am scared)... > -----Original Message----- > From: Tanya Mayer Photography [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > One question though - I am going to have to work with my lens > stopped down due to the excess light. Probably in the realm > of f16. This totally sucks for portraiture as it increases > depth of field. Any suggestions how to fix this? If you put one (or more like a couple) of Neutral Density filters on the front then this will cut the light entering the lens and let you open up the aperture again. This one is pretty simple to fix really. Also, if you are not using flash then you can go much faster shutter speeds which will allow you to open up too. As you say, extra focal length can help too, but if you get the ND's then you wont be hamstrung by having to position yourself so far away all the time. > Actually, one more question. Someone touched on this earlier > today (sorry guys can't remember who....), but didn't really > ask it exactly as I need to know for myself. So my question > is this - how do the exposure compensation buttons on the > AF360fgz and the *istD differ? Do they do the same thing or > do they control different things? I am confused by how this > works. Does exposure compensation reduce the flash output > (if I have it set on -1.0 for eg), or does it simply increase > the f-stop/shutter speed to prevent the extra light from > hitting the sensor? The way I read it, in any kind of program mode, then the exp comp on the body adjusts the shutter/aperture combo, whereas the exp comp on the 360 will just adjust the flash output. IF you are in manual with the 360 on then I guess both have a cumulative effect on the flash output. > tan. (who had a pretty good shoot yesterday and has restored > her confidence > somewhat) Glad to see you happier and more confident again. Are you gonna get much chance to practice prior to the shoot? There is so much new stuff going on here that I would try and do a complete dry run as often as possible before turning up. Good luck!
