Amazingly beautiful! You have no idea how much gazing at your downloaded photos just helped me unwind!Going to Buchart Gardens has been a lifelong dream of mine, ever since I heard my Great Aunt and Uncle talk about it when I was about 13 or 14.
Thank you for sharing,
PhotoNat
These ARE absolutely beautiful! I am most likely going to a butterfly exhibit in Santa Barbara, CA this Monday, 10am-1:30 pm) Would you mind sharing a few tips for getting the best shots I can. I have a Canon SL2, and 18-55mm, 24mm, and 70-300 mm lenses. Any tips you would have on which lens,(or lenses), best f stop, shutter speed, ISO would be probably be 100 or 200,(depending on the light in there of course)correct? Santa . It is supposed to be sunny and warm.
I am still quite in the learning stage, however, since butterflies are one of my favorite critters and fascinate me, I would love to learn how to capture them the best way I can. So any tips and advice you would care to share would be much appreciated!
Thank you,
PhotoNat
Beautiful photos!
PhotoNat
Thanks PhotoShack, makes prefect sense. Good suggestion, and I will get in my practice with on-camera flash, and reflector discs and a utility stand to hold the discs, which I am going to buy a set of. I did talk the woman who wants me to take the photos and,(since she wants to do a couple of outdoor locations) suggested later in the day(golden hour) which would be softer lighting, and asked if she could let me know where they would like to go, so I could check it out beforehand for lighting, posing, and any other ideas that might come to mind.
Thanks again,
Natalie
Thanks again,
PhotoNat
PhotoShack,
I think you're right. Thanks for the advice. Reflectors I had thought about. I will probably be shooting outside during golden hour,(preferably) do you think I should invest in a separate flash, or just use my camera flash and reflectors? She(the mom) had said if I don't do them, she or a friend will just take them with her cell phone, so sounds pretty casual quality-wise to me. Plus I do have a friend who told me he would volunteer to go and take photos alongside of me who is a professional level photographer, and has done some free lance portrait work. He has a very good eye for it.
Thanks again,
PhotoNat
PhotoShack,
How funny, I just saw your post with suggestion after I had posted my reply. Thanks, I'll take that as a confirmation of my reply.
PhotoNat
Hi. I wanted to get back to everyone and say thank you SO MUCH for ALL your input regarding my question about doing the Senior Portraits. I have done screenprints on all answers and will go back again and look at all the great advice I got. Sorry I did not get this thank you reply posted earlier. I was in a car accident last Thursday, after I had written the advice request,( I and the lady in the other car are both okay) and killed my cell phone on Saturday,(it fell onto a friend's cement driveway). I have been dealing with car insurance estimates and cell phone replacement, so was a bit preoccupied.
I had also talked to a friend of mine who is a professional level photographer and has done some portrait photography himself. He suggested, and I agreed upon taking the photos, then if they like them, they can pay me a little( or may do some kind of gift card if they would like). My friend also volunteered(for no extra charge to go along and take photos alongside of me, then if for some reason mine didn't turn out, his most likely would. Then I would just take him for a nice dinner.
Anyway, again, thanks much,
PhotoNat
Wow, those are amazing!
PhotoNat
Thank you. And sorry, that was NOT supposed to say decent ideas, just ideas. Somehow I missed that typo. My phone sometimes inserts words it thinks I want to write that are incorrect, and I miss it before sending.
PhotoNat I
I was recently asked to consider doing casual, on location( not sure where yet) Senior Portaits for an acquaintance's son. I told her that I did not have much experience with taking portraits, only practice session for a photography class assignment. She said that's okay, if I don't do it, she will probably just take them with her phone camera. I'm not even sure she will be submitting them to his high school yearbook, since she said she will not be buying one. I did not think to ask about that. She said for me to come up with a price.
Since I have never done a paying Portrait Session before, my question is, does anyone have an idea of what I should charge for a session? I have a strong suspicion I will not be doing the prints, but will give her a flash drive or SD card with the prints on it. However, if I do the prints, would I just double the cost per print?
Any decent ideas on this would be much appreciated.
Thank you,
PhotoNat
I don't think I had heard him before. He's good! Thanks for sharing.
PhotoNat
Awesome photos! I love Classic Cars.
PhotoNat
Thank you. I'll check that out.
PhotoNat