Sunday, December 04, 2005

Congrats to the 2005 Chippewa Middle School Cheerleaders!

Congratulations girls! 2nd place at the CCC competition! Great job! Posted by Picasa

5 Comments:

Blogger Bruce said...

Nice picture! Care to share details on it? Flash, exposure etc...

Saturday, December 31, 2005 7:03:00 AM  
Blogger Unknown said...

I used the SB800 flash with the plastic difuser on it set to -1/3 EV exposure. On the camera itself I shot it as a large jpeg to conserve space on my memory card (yeah I need more space or at least the ability to dump the pictures onto another device when I'm shooting - then I can shoot raw all the time). I used the 18-70mm lens at 22mm focal length - f4 and iso 200. Flash sync was set to front curtain. And I used Ia color mode.

I was in a bit of a hurry as they were trying to clear the floor when I took it so I'm kinda surprised it turned out so well. But there you go.

Saturday, December 31, 2005 12:23:00 PM  
Blogger Bruce said...

Great thanks!
Any particular reason for the -1/3ev on the flash and the F4 aperture? Was it full manual, program etc?

I don't have a 22mm lens (or zoom with that option) only a 20mm lens... never really became too friendly with it (prolly due to the perspective, even on a digital) but since I brought it with me I guess I will use it a bit more... see what happens :)

Thanks again! :)
Bruce

Sunday, January 01, 2006 11:11:00 AM  
Blogger Unknown said...

I had tested the flash on a previous shot and it seemed a little too bright for that environment so I dropped it down a tad. As for the F4, I had been shooting aperture priority but for this shot I set it to full auto - started fully zoomed out (18mm) zoomed in a little to frame the shot and clicked it off. It ended up being shot at 22mm which I guess would technically be 33mm. Again, I was in a bit of a rush as the organizers of the competition were shooing us off the floor. I really would have liked to take some time to really set the shot up and take a few more pics but had to settle for just hurriedly throwing together a shot of the girls with their trophy before everyone had to leave the area. I was pleasantly surprised by the results though. It did turn out pretty nice.

Sunday, January 01, 2006 12:07:00 PM  
Blogger Bruce said...

Very excellent, thanks for the info...
Neat how digital let's you review (then change settings like flash compensation) on the fly eh? ;)

Monday, January 02, 2006 11:35:00 AM  

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