Saturday morning photoshoot @ Central Mall with << Huiyi, Sharon & Zylia >>

[quanyew]

Irregardless of the type of 'photography' you prefer (portrait or macro), the key to a good shot is the control of light. HOW you control this light, is entirely up to you.
Mastering this HOW is the technical aspect.

WHY you want to control this HOW is the art.
The art of your perception.

You need to practice with another type of subject before you waste your hard earned $ on organized shoots. What you need is to spend more time working on the fundamentals of photography, and nurture your 'WHY', which is your creative concept, the main idea behind the photo.

It WILL take awhile, 2 years, for the talented, maybe even 6 months.

You need to shoot street, macro, dead things, that will allow you to master the basic first. In protrait, there are factors that distract you. For instance - People skills, politeness, eye for detail, that will take your mind off the 'fundamentals'.

Focus on the fundamentals and you will enjoy your shoots more in the future.

Thanks for your advice & recommendations

 

[quanyew]

That's a very good description ' a group mass orgy photoshoot' coined by DP.Have been
thru that years back .....'hey miss look here. one more, smile, miss look there and everywhere,turn this way that way' geezus !

Heed DP advice and you'll certainly improve.

Yup, will take note of DP’s advice. Thanks

 

[quanyew]

once upon a week ago...

now.. a week pass... any improved shots from quanyew???

I’m still digesting those C&C. May not have much improvement for now :sweat: .
Btw, it did some photoshoot at MocCarnival yesterday. Will be sharing some model shots later ...

 

[Fallenphoenix]

So?

Don't use the build-in flash!

A photographer must understand the limitation of the equipment used. Work around them.

With the limitation of the S5IS, does it makes the shadows look any better? No. does it makes it worst? No. The shadow is jsut as annoying as ever, whether the camera used is a S5IS or a 1DsMk3.

I used to be a S3IS user... I actually made a tissue bubble around the flash that diffused the light that reduced harsh shadows and lighted the subjects at the same time....u might want to try that...It's a limitation that u have to live with...till u can't take it...then u upgrade to dslr to have more control and flash...
I couldn't stand the limitations posed by S3I......especially when you want bokeh

 

[bEnd1ck]

Hi bEnd1ck, actually I did try without using flash, the photo is totally under-exposed. I should have try playing around with the setting like reduce shutter speed and/or increase ISO, but I didn’t :sweat: . Next time, I’ll take note of that. Thanks.

Yup, you said it yourself . No need to rush to snap. Try out your settings.
Have a look at the natural light available at that time here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/bn_dck/3048560654/sizes/l/

Nothing great also, not the best pose/composition/ angle, but just to show the available natural light. I was standing a few steps to your right side. I was using a faster prime lens though. But with your cam set to the widest aperture available, i believe also can get.

 

[quanyew]

I used to be a S3IS user... I actually made a tissue bubble around the flash that diffused the light that reduced harsh shadows and lighted the subjects at the same time....u might want to try that...It's a limitation that u have to live with...till u can't take it...then u upgrade to dslr to have more control and flash...
I couldn't stand the limitations posed by S3I......especially when you want bokeh

Thanks for your suggestion

 

[quanyew]

Yup, you said it yourself . No need to rush to snap. Try out your settings.
Have a look at the natural light available at that time here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/bn_dck/3048560654/sizes/l/

Nothing great also, not the best pose/composition/ angle, but just to show the available natural light. I was standing a few steps to your right side. I was using a faster prime lens though. But with your cam set to the widest aperture available, i believe also can get.

The photo really got the Wow effect to me . I like the feeling of the background sufficiently lit. During that scene, the photos I took were of dark background. How did you achieve brighten background?

Notice that you have the same shutter speed as mine (1/80 sec). You used ISO 200 while I used ISO 80. Your camera can achieve low aperture value of F2.2 (mine lowest is F2.8), while then my aperture value was F3.5 (I might have unintentionally "applied" some zoom which limits lower aperture value :think: ).

 

[sin77]

i think TS jumped the gun.... hasn't learn how to walk, wants to learn how to fly.

TS, everyone here is a beginner to start off with.
To help yourself, please consider the following:

1. Learn exactly how the different settings of aperture, shutter speed, iso, focusing, metering, etc, can give you different effects. Do not combine settings; try out individual settings first. Warning: Do not use other modes of shooting, such as portraits, landscape, sports, auto, program, etc; the only modes you should practice on is aperture priority, shutter priority and manual. This is to build up your fundamentals. Practice the settings until you are proficient. After that, try to understand lightings (& whitebalance), flash and exposure. Read your camera's manual.

2. Go and read about composition (eg 1/3 rules) and practice on that.

3. See other people's work to learn from them.

4. Only select your best portraits shots to post here and get comments. Those you yourself think cannot make it ones, please try to figure out where are the mistakes and avoid them next time.

5. Take your time to practice on your friends, family, pet, and so on. Dont go for mass photoshoot yet. Otherwise you are just wasting your time.

 

[Rashkae]

i think TS jumped the gun.... hasn't learn how to walk, wants to learn how to fly.

Errr... I thought this thread was already done and discussed back in november?

 

[Anson]

I think it would be better TS can close the thread... :think:

 

[quanyew]

i think TS jumped the gun.... hasn't learn how to walk, wants to learn how to fly.

TS, everyone here is a beginner to start off with.
To help yourself, please consider the following:

1. Learn exactly how the different settings of aperture, shutter speed, iso, focusing, metering, etc, can give you different effects. Do not combine settings; try out individual settings first. Warning: Do not use other modes of shooting, such as portraits, landscape, sports, auto, program, etc; the only modes you should practice on is aperture priority, shutter priority and manual. This is to build up your fundamentals. Practice the settings until you are proficient. After that, try to understand lightings (& whitebalance), flash and exposure. Read your camera's manual.

2. Go and read about composition (eg 1/3 rules) and practice on that.

3. See other people's work to learn from them.

4. Only select your best portraits shots to post here and get comments. Those you yourself think cannot make it ones, please try to figure out where are the mistakes and avoid them next time.

5. Take your time to practice on your friends, family, pet, and so on. Dont go for mass photoshoot yet. Otherwise you are just wasting your time.

Thanks for your advice . . . . .

 

[quanyew]

To round up, I’ll like to thanks those who have commented, advice and encouraged me one way or another.

Thanks for viewing, have a nice day . . . . .