Well done... especially *remembering* to balance the tree lights and
flash. But I'm curious how you did each if other than flash meter and
chimping the lights.
Chuck Norcutt
On 12/1/2011 9:29 PM, Ken Norton wrote:
> In today's installment of the Zone-10 Shameless Plug Alert, we have a photo
> taken from a portrait session. So what? Everybody takes portraits. Yes, I
> know. But I thought this one might be of interest for several reasons.
>
> http://zone-10.com/cmsm/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=656&Itemid=1
>
> The camera used was my E-1 which I've been grousing about getting rid of
> for like forever. One of these days, I'll finally come to my senses and
> toss the thing, but in the meantime I'll try to put up with it. As noted in
> the text, this shot is straight-out-of-camera with only cropping and
> resizing applied. (sharpening applied after resizing to bring it back to
> what the original is like). Of course, I will let Millerslab color correct
> it for me for the final prints.
>
> Lens used? An OM-series 50/1.4. Granted, this one is one of the last
> serial-numbered ones. I think this one came from Wayne. The flash is the
> T45 which came from Jim.
>
> Oh, the background Christmas tree lights? Exposure of those lights was done
> through adjusting the shutter-speed. Once flash exposure is controlled by
> aperture, so once I got my aperture set, I adjusted the shutter speed to
> put the lights where I wanted.
>
> The shadowing on the image isn't perfect, but the client is thrilled. If
> she's happy, I'm happy. :)
>
> AG
>
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