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frustratingly difficult to find out! they focus on lux rather than temperature, other than saying it's daylight.

I'm by no means a legal expert but I would imagine that everyone taking part in the run will have agreed to some Ts & Cs that the company have drawn up, including that their photograph may be taken and published for publicity purposes. If they already have a photographer then I'd be surprised if...

Has anyone tried to shoot (otherwise) natural light indoor portraits boosted with a SAD daylight lamp at all? These are 10,000 lux daylight bulb LED lamps (not supposed to be photographic equipment). I'm looking into the Icelight for low-ish light indoor portraits and need to get one of these...

thank you everyone. i'll experiment with going to the right too. much appreciated. (a tripod isn't an option as i'm running around after children!) (canon 6d with 50mm 1.4)

see if your camera lets you set a minimum shutter speed, then you don't have to worry too much about resetting it if you're out and about with the kids. and completely agree that 1 in 10 is fine! i'd try not to get too hung up on technical excellence when it's your own children as you'll likely...

Hi, For natural light photography indoors, where you can't always be near a window and need a minimum speed of 1/250, would you tend to underexpose (and fix in post) or push up the ISO? I'm experimenting to figure out which has the best results in terms of the least noise, and would love to know...

It's clearly a great moment to capture but I was surprised that it didn't look quite sharp on the BBC website. Maybe it's just very low res? I think lack of sharpness and deliberate blur (not bokeh) and noise is getting more common in editorial fashion photography and it's got me wondering...

Shooting in AV. The 3200 ones were F3.8 I think. Yes, I think some test shooting is in order, thank you. I did a quick test to check the lens wasn't getting in shot but didn't think to check anything else.

I had the shutter speed set to 1/250 minimum (it was a baby shoot involving a rocking chair at times) and ranged from 1.4 to 4.5 taken in pretty much the same place with the same light. I've got some F2.2 shots at 1000 and lots around 640. Some F2.8 went up to 1250 and a few shots jumped all the...

Good question! I think so. I'm using Canon 50mm 1.4 on a 6D. The hood is ES-71II.

I've only just started using a lens hood and read that they're good indoors as well as out. I used one indoors for a portrait shoot and I got a much higher ISO than normal (set to auto ISO). The light was down a little but that wouldn't I think account for that much of a ISO jump. Would you use...

Thanks Phil. With that arrangement I guess F11, 1/250? or would F8 do it? Definitely on the learning curve here!

Hi everyone. I've got my first group shot coming up of about 30 young children at a nursery. I'm experienced at individual child portraits and small family groups but would like to ask for advice on settings for larger groups. Any tips would be appreciated, thank you very much.