How to shoot nudes of 1 to 65 year olds

AlexColeman · Mar 14, 2009

Now that all of you are here, :lol:

I am looking for some help shooting at a zoo.

I am in San Diego, and want to shoot at the Zoo. Any tips are welcome.

alarionov · Mar 14, 2009

AlexColeman said:
Now that all of you are here, I am looking for some help shooting at a zoo.

I am in San Diego, and want to shoot at the Zoo. Any tips are welcome.

HA HA HA you definitely got me :lol:

here but I have no advice for you that would be helpful

AlexColeman · Mar 14, 2009

Ok, glad I could give someone a laugh...

dakkon76 · Mar 14, 2009

I was going to differ you to Stone Philips, but now I'm at a loss...

AlexColeman · Mar 14, 2009

Lol. But still no tips.

Jaszek · Mar 14, 2009

http://www.thephotoforum.com/forum/...good-zoo-pictures-sabbath999.html#post1552560
Use your 70-200 ;D

CraniumDesigns · Mar 14, 2009

yeah, use a telephoto lens. in my case, i'd use my 75-300. also use a tripod if u got one for more steady shots, since that little shake in your hands will seem much more extreme when zoomed into a 200-300mm angle. also, using a wider aperture (small number, in my case f/4-5.6) will give u more light to work with, allowing u to take faster shots, thus avoiding camera shake as much, and will also give u a nice narrow DOF to work with.

Jaszek · Mar 14, 2009

Don't use a tripod. There will (obviously) be other people there that will be moving and the worst thing (in this case) kids. They will be running around potentially hitting your tripod. If you need support go with a monopod. And since your lens is 2.8 I don't think camera shake will be a problem.

AlexColeman · Mar 14, 2009

Yeah, I have a gitzo monopod, so it shouldn't be a problem.

Thanks for the guide and the help.

Jeffrey Byrnes · Mar 14, 2009

Dont shoot the bars of the cages haha

chadsdphoto · Mar 15, 2009

Many times if you are using a very shallow depth of field with a 200mm or larger, you can get the camera so close to fencing that it blurs completely out of the picture. Doesn't always work, but it's worth a try.