The Biggie has arrived: The guest count at this time is 465 A team of three, we will be doing both stills and video. I'll be shooting 60% stills and 40% video. My better half will be...

Beercat Loc: Central Coast of California

The guest count at this time is 465

A team of three, we will be doing both stills and video. I'll be shooting 60% stills and 40% video. My better half will be shooting 75% video, 25% stills and our 3rd shooter will be 75% stills, 25% video.

A 10 hour shoot .............

Weddingguy Loc: British Columbia - Canada

Beercat wrote:

The guest count at this time is 465

A team of three, we will be doing both stills and video. I'll be shooting 60% stills and 40% video. My better half will be shooting 75% video, 25% stills and our 3rd shooter will be 75% stills, 25% video.

A 10 hour shoot .............

Sounds like a fun shoot!

Suggestion: When cropping an image like the one here, one should not straighten by lining up just one side of the building as you have done. Distortion is normal so the image should be straightened from the centre of the image, (see first example) . . . or perform parallax correction first, then straighten the subject in the frame. (see example 2)

Hope that helps . . .

Straightened from center
Straightened from center...

parallax correction performed - then straightened

bkyser Loc: Fly over country in Indiana

Congratulations Jerry. Looks like I logged in at the right time to see your good news.
Hope to see some results.

I got a little good news, for the "interim" I will be answering to someone that I get along with fine. They aren't going to fill my boss's position right away, but instead, will divide his people up among others.

That being said, the other 2 names aren't off the table yet, they are just waiting for the dust to settle.

As of now, I "should" be able to visit UHH a few times a week, which is better than I thought it would be.

bkyser Loc: Fly over country in Indiana

Weddingguy wrote:

Sounds like a fun shoot!

Suggestion: When cropping an image like the one here, one should not straighten by lining up just one side of the building as you have done. Distortion is normal so the image should be straightened from the centre of the image, (see first example) . . . or perform parallax correction first, then straighten the subject in the frame. (see example 2)

Hope that helps . . .

You kind of lost me on this one. I'm not seeing a huge difference without holding up a piece of paper to the edges. In a way (no offense) I kind of like the original better.

Of course, I have to add that I am not really into any type of architectural work, I just adjust things to look in a way that makes me happy. What I do is probably rarely the "correct" way to do them.

I do appreciate anyone trying to teach us better, or just different ways to do things. That's how we grow.

bk

Beercat Loc: Central Coast of California

bkyser wrote:

You kind of lost me on this one. I'm not seeing ... (show quote)

I prefer the original better as well. I always toy around with distortion and I do it until it's pleasing to me, just like you Bob

jaysnave Loc: Central Ohio

Go BC! I know you have it all under control and hopefully the weather is good for your lighting strategies.

Beercat Loc: Central Coast of California

jaysnave wrote:

Go BC! I know you have it all under control and hopefully the weather is good for your lighting strategies.

Actually this will be the first wedding I've taken stills at with a ton of back light as the bride walks down the aisle. As I have a powerful flash I'm going to go bare flash on-camera, HSS, ETTL, Evaluate metering, manual exposure to set my DOF shallow but not to shallow, something like f/5.6 and the shutter at at least 1/250, I'll adjust ISO as needed. Meter on the brides face. My flash will be set to 'zoom' placing every once of power on the subjects. I've practice this at home and feel I can pull it off like this. I don't wish to completely blow the back end out, thus my settings.

Friday will be a rehearsal and I'll snap a bunch as the 10 bridesmaids, parents, flower girls, ring bearer and bride with father walk through the doors from harsh back light to inside the church.

Everything else I know how and what to do, the procession will be my test.

jaysnave Loc: Central Ohio

Sounds good! During my zoo wedding we were chased inside from the rain as you can see and they were married in the doorway. This created backlighting of course. This was shot at 5.6 1/100 and ISO 1000. I used the flash on manual with a Lite Scoop to soften the light. I can't remember how powerful. Probably 3/4 to full power. You may be OK with ETTL, but with my settings and manual flash I learned that distance to the subject is important in that as it becomes closer or further away it effects the exposure.

Beercat wrote:

Actually this will be the first wedding I've taken... (show quote)

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Weddingguy Loc: British Columbia - Canada

jaysnave wrote:

Sounds good! During my zoo wedding we were chased... (show quote)

Nice shot! Your spectral highlights are beautiful! Much better than you'd have gotten with straight on flash.

Beercat Loc: Central Coast of California

jaysnave wrote:

Sounds good! During my zoo wedding we were chased... (show quote)

ETTL because they are moving and as you said in manual, things can change dramatically as they get close

jaysnave Loc: Central Ohio

jaysnave wrote:

Sounds good! During my zoo wedding we were chased... (show quote)

Thanks wedding guy. I think I may owe my Lite-Scoop purchase to you. I became interested from something I read on UHH and now use the largest one. It looks kind of strange me walking around with this big white object, but it works great.

Beercat Loc: Central Coast of California

jaysnave wrote:

Thanks wedding guy. I think I may owe my Lite-Scoop purchase to you. I became interested from something I read on UHH and now use the largest one. It looks kind of strange me walking around with this big white object, but it works great.

I own 3 Super scoops ;)

Weddingguy Loc: British Columbia - Canada

Beercat wrote:

I own 3 Super scoops ;)

I have one of each . . . Lite-Scoop, Super-Scoop and the Peri-Scoop, which has limited use, but works fantastic for head shots with the flash on-camera. Also like it for groups to throw the shadow way down behind them without a bracket. They all give nice soft light.

Beercat Loc: Central Coast of California

Weddingguy wrote:

I have one of each . . . Lite-Scoop, Super-Scoop and the Peri-Scoop, which has limited use, but works fantastic for head shots with the flash on-camera. Also like it for groups to throw the shadow way down behind them without a bracket. They all give nice soft light.

Agreed, nice light. I have 3 as I'll use one on-camera and then during large group shoots such as family/bridle parties I'l l have 2 people one at my 9 o'clock and one at 3 o'clock hand hold 2 slave units with Super Scoops. I have them hold it up slightly above their heads and slightly pointed in as they are typically located 10 - 20 feet from me. this gives me some even soft light which is easy to use on the fly.

Weddingguy Loc: British Columbia - Canada

Beercat wrote:

Agreed, nice light. I have 3 as I'll use one on-camera and then during large group shoots such as family/bridle parties I'l l have 2 people one at my 9 o'clock and one at 3 o'clock hand hold 2 slave units with Super Scoops. I have them hold it up slightly above their heads and slightly pointed in as they are typically located 10 - 20 feet from me. this gives me some even soft light which is easy to use on the fly.

That sounds like a good set up. Can you show me some examples of your results?