Friday, April 29, 2011

Creativelive with Zack Arias

Camera considerations:
full frame vs. crop
iso performance
AF performance
Ergonomics
Megapixels

Learn how to fin recipricals in: aperture, shutterspeed and iso

metering the amount of light:
%18 gray

bride coming out of the limo to the aisle:
AP priority
Evaluative metering mode
Exp. Comp.

human eye viewpoint: 50mm
body language vs. posing

classic headshots:
1)commercial (smile) 2)film (serious) 3) theatre(b/w) more dramatic lighting
8x 10

shutter speed: ambient
Aperture: flash exposure

iso100 shutter speed: sync aperture: spot meter-zero out
with sky

reflective vs. shoot through umbrella


2.8 dof
JVS-wedding photographer
vivitar 285-wedding dance photos

*I didn´t take many notes during this creativeLive session, though I learned a lot and am very happy with the class. I was too busy using the classroom chatroom.

Exposurevariables:
shutter speed: ambient continuous light in your environment (sky, lamps, window)
sync speed:cannot use flash faster than sync speed 250
?include ambient light, does it matter
aperture: flash exposure
over-exposed-shut aperture, under-exposed-open aperture
Flash power:manual mode-consistency, 1/1 full power, 1/2 half power, 1/4, 1/8, 1/16, 1/32, 1/64, 1/128
Flash power 1/1 1/2 1/4 1/8 1/16
Aperture 16 11 8 5.6 4
Flash to subject distance:inverse square law


Portfolio critiques that Zack and Meghan do for some people:
1)Wedding portfolio critique: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yWNLg01ZHsY&feature=related
on-camera flash should be the last option you use
at least bounce the flash for more flattering pictures
consistent exposures