I hope this isn't bad form to just be blunt and simply ask "how'd he do this" This is a photo by Mark seliger who is my hero and a shooter I would most like to emulate. Yes I know he's probably using a $50,000 med format camera. Can any of ya'll tell if that key light is a shoot thru umbrella, beauty dish w/ sock I'm stumped thank you in advance

Weird I thought the best B/W would have been shot bw in camera. so in editing I should edit in color as shot in raw then at the end convert to bw???

shot my first set in raw the frames that I shot in B/W (in camera)

downloaded to the computer (LR4) in color

what the hell??

thank you again this is very helpful

I've posed this question to a few pros....would you agree that it is saker to error on the side of under exposed knowing you may be able to recover detail because of shooting in raw???

thanks everyone this is very valuable to me as I try to become more and more pro..

Just to be sure before I implement this in my process......you shoot the color card after you believe the pic is correct..then in post you grab the eye dropper and the program recognizes the color or the wht and sets the balance.

thanks guys that kinda what I thought now 2nd question
I see on many tutorials after guys adjust their strobes etc and are happy with the look they are getting from the back of the camera they shoot 1 frame with the model holding a grey card or a black wht and gry card yet they claim they're using AWB.... Is this to correct the image later with the eye drop feature. my understanding is that you are recording "this" is what white looks like under "these" conditions

thank you for your response

the cat profile pic that moves totally scared the shit out of me

Hi gang I shot my nephews bday party in raw as a first test.
first difference I noticed after importing to LR4 was that the white balance was different for each frame sometimes over 1000deg difference. I used AWB for everything (canon5dm2). Previously using jpg's the wht bal was always in the middle and didn't show the numerical temp. My main question is does the camera "act "differently because the images are recorded in raw.. My understanding is that It doesn't.... I was told to shoot the same way I have in the past..

good thanks

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you will have to mail the image to the shop to be scanned or possibly shot with a med frame camera.. how big is the photo???

Hi gang I'm doing a family phot session Sat whaich will include a large group shot (19) adults and children. I assume the client has a large area in the house any tip or pitfalls to avoid. I always tell the adults to ignore the children. I've done this before and I end up with frames where the kids are looking at the lens but mom or dad is peeking at the kids to see if they're lookin.
I'm bringing my studio strobes. I intend to set them up on either side of the group and use a speed light placed behind the group to flash the ceiling..wadaya think

I can't tell you how refreshing it is to her about a lady going on such an adventure that doesn't involve the beach

thankyou