"KatWoman" wrote:
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I prefer natural light if possible
hubby is the shooter
we use the scrim plus reflector in mid day
or shade with ambient light
but that shot is so back lit
it needs a fill
of course he never uses on camera flash so that means portable strobes
There is good and bad natural light, and the light from industrial city full of pollution is much difference than natural light (and air as well) clean countryside (or underdeveloped country). So I never worship natural light. Example, too early in the morning is not warm enough, noon is too strong, late evening is not enoug light .. so there isn’t much to sing about natural light but to bring light over and control to you liking.
for my snaps I had success putting a white hanky over the built in flash and securing with a rubber band
very hi tech
we took a very sun-lit contrast shot the other day on auto just to compare to the manual selection
it was horrid, my dh does know his readings, (trannies left little wiggle room good training)
I guess because the newer digital cameras have so many fancy features built-in (too many autos) that I don’t often get the color I want (I mean outdoor) so I am not totally happy with many outdoor photos.
Example, point to dark/bright spot (like background, area etc.) the camera adjust to different color, 1/2 press on darker spot then move to brighter whole pressing the shuttle will give different result, tilting the flash out of normal position will give different flash power etc.. And I am pretty picky with HUMAN skintone, and it’s hard to get the right color without being able to control the lighting/setting.
using color match on the bad auto one with a good manual one as the match in PS it came out amazingly close!~!
you can suck as a photographer and still fix it
I am work lot with portaiture and I usually keep most nartual skintone and skin-texture (no plastic look, almost never sharpen .. little soften on female) so I am very picky about color, and sharpness from the lens and camera setting not software. I don’t use plug-in (I stop messing with plug-in 6-7 years ago).