luvmyfamily
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What could I have done differently to improve these since they wore white?


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Holy soft skin batman! White shirts are easy, its when they wear red in a green forest that you'll want to shoot yourself.
Added a kicker in the first, I don't know if thats a hair light in the second or spill from something else. I would rather shoot matching white tops, than random bold colors. I don't see soft skin as posted above, I see out of focus on the first though, or more probably not enough DOF.
I'd focus on working on focus (hah) first, then color issues (orange on the back three, flat light on the front girl?) which are probably also lighting issues. Then I'd worry about post processing and outfits. Are you using continuous light + on camera flash?
luvmyfamily said:I use continuous lighting in my studio. I do not like using a flash (unless absolutely neccessary) because you can fix it easier if it's too dark, but harder to fix when to too much light. As far as focusing, I usually do pretty well, but did mess up the 1st one.
luvmyfamily said:I use continuous lighting in my studio. I do not like using a flash (unless absolutely neccessary) because you can fix it easier if it's too dark, but harder to fix when to too much light. As far as focusing, I usually do pretty well, but did mess up the 1st one.
Is it a focusing issue or a DOF issue??
luvmyfamily said:Megan, it was a DOF issue. I just looked back and I had my aperture set at f13! I took SO many pics of this group, I didn't re-set my aperture from the previous one, which is why the background was blurred...OK, so I am posting in the beginners section, what aperture would be best to not have a backround blur?
Holy soft skin batman! White shirts are easy, its when they wear red in a green forest that you'll want to shoot yourself.
luvmyfamily said:Megan, it was a DOF issue. I just looked back and I had my aperture set at f13! I took SO many pics of this group, I didn't re-set my aperture from the previous one, which is why the background was blurred...OK, so I am posting in the beginners section, what aperture would be best to not have a backround blur?
Well f/13 would've given you a huge DOF - none/little background blur. F/8 is probably a great starting point for studio work - then go smaller (higher f#). Distance also plays a big role. The closer you are (5" and under) the shallower the DOF (blurry background).
With a 35mm lens at f/8 and 8" away from your subject you will have around 6" of DOF so you could use an even smaller aperture like f/11 if you wanted/needed too.
luvmyfamily said:I use continuous lighting in my studio. I do not like using a flash (unless absolutely neccessary) because you can fix it easier if it's too dark, but harder to fix when to too much light. As far as focusing, I usually do pretty well, but did mess up the 1st one.
Is it a focusing issue or a DOF issue??
Megan, it was a DOF issue. I just looked back and I had my aperture set at f13! I took SO many pics of this group, I didn't re-set my aperture from the previous one, which is why the background was blurred...OK, so I am posting in the beginners section, what aperture would be best to not have a backround blur?