Hi All,
I am wondiering if anyone has any advice:
I have a very specific shot to create, a group photo of 8 teenagers and children (3 of mine and 5 of their cousins) this is to be a golden wedding present for Grandma and Grandad - and as I am the guy in the family with a swanky new camera - I got the job.
it will be an indoor shot, I have a room with a plain white (off white, matt) back wall and a very high sloping ceiling the same colour (it will be out of shot)
I have a 600d with on camera flash and two old flash guns.
The flash guns work well off those small slave triggers (I have one - anyone know where I can get another, the the small cubes with the light cell)
I can get a couple of translucent white umbrella's and reflect the flashes out of them (or should I flash through them like soft boxes?)
how should I set up the lights (where/what position - tall, left and right?) and what can I do about the on camera flash - I need to use it to trigger the others - can I diffuse it in anyway?
last couple of questions:
using two un matched (I assume) flash guns (one an old chinon, the other an old cobra) what would I need to do with the exposure ( I have time, I can take some test shots)
I was going to use AV mode but given there is 8 people to focus on I need a reasonably wide DoF right? - what set up would you use?
Loads of questions there, hope that is ok -
look forward to your thoughts
thaks
Ian
I am wondiering if anyone has any advice:
I have a very specific shot to create, a group photo of 8 teenagers and children (3 of mine and 5 of their cousins) this is to be a golden wedding present for Grandma and Grandad - and as I am the guy in the family with a swanky new camera - I got the job.
it will be an indoor shot, I have a room with a plain white (off white, matt) back wall and a very high sloping ceiling the same colour (it will be out of shot)
I have a 600d with on camera flash and two old flash guns.
The flash guns work well off those small slave triggers (I have one - anyone know where I can get another, the the small cubes with the light cell)
I can get a couple of translucent white umbrella's and reflect the flashes out of them (or should I flash through them like soft boxes?)
how should I set up the lights (where/what position - tall, left and right?) and what can I do about the on camera flash - I need to use it to trigger the others - can I diffuse it in anyway?
last couple of questions:
using two un matched (I assume) flash guns (one an old chinon, the other an old cobra) what would I need to do with the exposure ( I have time, I can take some test shots)
I was going to use AV mode but given there is 8 people to focus on I need a reasonably wide DoF right? - what set up would you use?
Loads of questions there, hope that is ok -
look forward to your thoughts
thaks
Ian
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