December 19, 2008

Set-Up for Festival Shooting

Today, over at Steve Schuenke’s blog, you can see the lighting set-up and our method of taking photos at a festival.  Steve is using his Nikon 70-200mm f/2.8 and based upon the photo that he posted, I think he probably has his lens at 150-200 and f/2.8 to 5.6.  He has good working distance from the subject.   I am holding the softbox about four feet from the subject and since Steve is taking a head shot, I have the softbox pointed at the level of her face so that the light will not be affected by the brim of her hat.  The softbox produces a relatively soft light and it does a great job of separating her from the background.   You will notice that she is about 15-20 feet from the store front, but since the light is set at probably 1/8th power, there is no light from the softbox falling on the background.   By using the long lens (probably at 150-200mm), Steve has compressed the whole scene (her and the background). Very good portrait taken by a good photographer and a so-so VAL!  

Steve, thanks for the post.  Does this qualify as my "how I shoot post"?

2 comments:

  1. No. This does not count as your how-to post.
    Debbie

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  2. I agree with Debbie. We still want your how you shoot session.
    Jeff

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