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5:54 PM

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Q: How do I take a photo of people before a bright window?

How would you take a photo of people who are posing in front of a window? Ideally both the people and the background should be visible. I usually get either the background being overlighted or the people being near black. I haven't tried a flash because I want to avoid a big reflection in the w...

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Anonymous

Wouldn't exposure bracketing also work?

6:25 PM

possibly, though depending on the quality of the optics and the amount of light inside and outside, the lens itself may still bleed light over the people without a flash

if they try doing it with any kind of lower end lens, it is going to get a glow around people that will kill the edges of people

even with a good lens, it likely still wouldn't be ideal

the reflection shouldn't be as much of an issue as he expects though since the window itself is likely far brighter

and moving it off camera would remove the issue entirely

Anonymous

6:43 PM

@AJHenderson does this exposure problem also happen with film?

I'd expect so

though possibly not as severely

digital sensors are more reflective

but the optics themselves are going to disperse some amount of light in to the shadow if there is a major difference in brightness

(normally you don't notice if the image is evenly lit because it isn't enough to defeat the light that is actually being resolved there)

sometimes the effect is even sought after as it softens edges

in other news, finally got around to ordering a replacement for my broken N3 cable

atleast I hope it is the n3 cable that is broken

and not the fairly new remote trigger

figured I should probably get my remote trigger on my camera working sooner than later with under 6 weeks till baby

that way I can setup the camera in the corner of the hospital and just trigger it remotely from my pocket

7:36 PM

hey

8:20 PM

hey

ah ha

life

:)

how's it going?

8:51 PM

pretty good

getting baby on the brain

eh?

my first kid (a son) is due in 6 weeks

oh cool

i see

new subject to photograph

:)

plus a little person to look after

yeah, plus 2 weeks and 2 half weeks off work probably

and possibly more working from home beyond that

heh

8:58 PM

I'm still figuring out what to do about birth photos

need to check and see how comfortable our duula is with a camera I think

look the opposite direction

she's a family friend too

lol

i was lost for a second there

so I can hopefully get her to take some photos for me, otherwise I will put the camera on a tripod

and remote trigger it I think

thinking she was surrogate, then it dawned on me - you want her to take the photos :)

9:00 PM

just do wide angle shots and crop as needed

haha, yeah, Duula is someone who coaches a woman through delivery

yeh, a tripod in the room won't annoy any of the medical staff :)

it's a big room

I could set it up out of the way

and I have a wireless trigger

yeh, tripods seem to find themselves in the way i find, regardless of how you tuck them away

they are like living things

the delivery rooms are HUGE

wall mount! :)

9:01 PM

like the size of a hotel suite

I actually thought about wiring it in to the TV in the room so Danielle could see the baby coming out

omg

they have a mirror they can use, but the TV would give a far better shot

i am sure she doesn't want to see it as well as feel it

lol

it actually helps with delivery because you need to be able to see if what you are doing is working

this is starting to sound like a multi camera production :)

9:02 PM

the big thing is that whatever I do, it needs to be low maintenance as the baby actually arrives

I'm probably only going to have time to push a button in my pocket a few times

on my remote trigger

yeh

i imagine there are angles you do and do not want to catch

well, that's what cropping is for too

with a 24MP camera, I can crop a lot

hehe

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