Who is this Photographer? Were you in Shrewsbury today in the park at 2pm?

Byker28i said:
Sun behind give a nice highlight to the hair etc, but I would have thought you'd have to use fill, either with flash or a reflector.

Is it there's enough light bouncing off the ground you don't need it? or do you just expose for the faces/foreground and ignore the background?
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if you are really interested in this kind of shooting then I recommend Audrey Woulards Natural Enlightenment book. It explains the concepts and techniques in detail and she regularly shoots in full sun against it. It's actually incredibly simple.

expose for the subject, use open shade, the fill comes from natural reflectors like the ground, the sky in front etc. Tips are to ensure there is open space in front of the subject so that fill light is not blocked. Then just expose for the subject and blow out the sky and you then need very little fill light at all.
 
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POAH said:
if you like burnt out sky's, haze and contrast problems then it's fun but that shot is certainly not what I would consider "fun" but what ever floats your boat and the client is happy who am I to comment :P
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It's a long day, 12 hours +, golden hour is just an hour, with everything going in I get 10 min to take these kind of pictures, it could be cloudy all day too and ye sun just peek out, you think blown out sky, haze and these things worries me? Ha!
 
Love the way threads evolve into randomness! Started out as an amusing post about a photographer appearing in someone else's shot, then he turned into a Gary Glitter type P****, and now we're onto the merits of shooting into the sun :clap:

Love ya TP :)
 
Raymond Lin said:
Tell that to u8myufo :p
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You could tell him yourself ;) And I aint gonna back down from my original comment Raymond. In all honesty the thread was about a mystery tog which is fair enough, but then went on to say how lovely the light was and you then go on to say " We got stuff like this". You posted up the three pictures and I wonder what your reasons were for that :shrug: Was the viewer supposed to be impressed by them? The first two are what I would call average snapshots and in the third one the subjects are totaly oof. My apologies for not keeping my mouth shut but my comment was based on what I see in the pictures. Again you post up more pics, you seem to be making a point about shooting in to the light which I do know is possible, but if you want to post those up for crit in the relevant section then I will gladly give you my opinion on them :thumbs:
 
treeman said:
Love the way threads evolve into randomness! Started out as an amusing post about a photographer appearing in someone else's shot, then he turned into a Gary Glitter type P****, and now we're onto the merits of shooting into the sun :clap:

Love ya TP :)
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It could all change again :lol:
 
u8myufo said:
You could tell him yourself ;) And I aint gonna back down from my original comment Raymond. In all honesty the thread was about a mystery tog which is fair enough, but then went on to say how lovely the light was and you then go on to say " We got stuff like this". You posted up the three pictures and I wonder what your reasons were for that :shrug: Was the viewer supposed to be impressed by them? The first two are what I would call average snapshots and in the third one the subjects are totaly oof. My apologies for not keeping my mouth shut but my comment was based on what I see in the pictures. Again you post up more pics, you seem to be making a point about shooting in to the light which I do know is possible, but if you want to post those up for crit in the relevant section then I will gladly give you my opinion on them :thumbs:
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are you kidding me?

please read this

Yv said:
Which bit are you misunderstanding? Everyone has been asked to calm down and keep this thread in the light hearted manner it was intended as. Any more posts like this will get it closed for everyone who is taking it in the right way
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then look at the poking tongue out smiley in ray's post

Raymond Lin said:
Tell that to u8myufo :p
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he's JOKING!!!!!!! LIGHTEN UP MAN :bang::bang::bang::bang:
 
u8myufo said:
but if you want to post those up for crit in the relevant section then I will gladly give you my opinion on them :thumbs:
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...yet you seem to be doing so now, when YOU have already been asked not to be a mod. I strongly suggest you don't make any more posts along the same lines in this thread.
 
joescrivens said:
if you are really interested in this kind of shooting then I recommend Audrey Woulards Natural Enlightenment book. It explains the concepts and techniques in detail and she regularly shoots in full sun against it. It's actually incredibly simple.

expose for the subject, use open shade, the fill comes from natural reflectors like the ground, the sky in front etc. Tips are to ensure there is open space in front of the subject so that fill light is not blocked. Then just expose for the subject and blow out the sky and you then need very little fill light at all.
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Cheers Joe

However - $150 is a bit steep (although there's a 25% off sale as from 28th Nov.
 
Byker28i said:
Cheers Joe

However - $150 is a bit steep (although there's a 25% off sale as from 28th Nov.
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really. well thats annoying lol i only bought it a few months back.

I intend on selling my copy when I am done with it for £50 so keep a look out if you are interested
 
Raymond Lin said:
LOL, I love shooting into the sun. Pfft, these rules are more like guidelines anyway ! :D







And the most controversial one lol



I am surprise more people don't do it more often lol, which is fine by me!
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Nothing wrong with shooting into the sun,some nice photo :)
 
Jimmy_Lemon said:
...yet you seem to be doing so now, when YOU have already been asked not to be a mod. I strongly suggest you don't make any more posts along the same lines in this thread.
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"Ang on" a minute....:D.... Raymond has posted the shots, some people are saying they are good, some don`t like them. The merits of the shots have been discussed and the opinions have been expressed. Can Rich not say he does not like them when others can say they do?

For the record, some of them I like, some I think are awful. Each to their own, it is a photography forum afterall and we all like different things. Raymond seems happy enough with them, all else is subjective.
 
Skips said:
Did the two on the far ends get up to any extra-curricular activities during the wedding?
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Ha ha ha ha brilliant, absolutely brilliant. Well spotted. I love it how all the others are very interested in their own "partners", but these two on the ends have other ideas.

Been following this thread, which has been a good laugh to say the least. But this has just stepped it up a notch. Good lad!
 
Funny stuff in the original post (anyone remember that?) but have to go on to say, love the images there Raymond. I don't do weddings (in any sense of the word!) but if I had to shoot them I'd be very proud if they were as good as that.
 
u8myufo said:
You could tell him yourself ;) And I aint gonna back down from my original comment Raymond.
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Which was completely off topic...?

u8myufo said:
You posted up the three pictures and I wonder what your reasons were for that :shrug: Was the viewer supposed to be impressed by them?
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I don't think so, no. It was simply painting the picture (if you'll excuse the pun).

u8myufo said:
The first two are what I would call average snapshots and in the third one the subjects are totaly oof.
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Well the subject isn't OOF, because in the third one the subject is the other photographer...


Anyway, good luck finding 'em Ray! :D
 
Raymond, should of said you were this way, would've been nice to meet up :p

Can't say I recognise the guy myself, not someone I've seen about Shrewsbury on my few trips in to town.
 
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