Thursday, December 3, 2009

Meet J


J is the son of my sister's friend and he agreed to be my model recently.  He did such a great job!  We met at the park and went on a hike down the nature trail where I learned how to look for moss on the trees so I could find my way out if I ever got lost.  He is very smart and interested in all things science or sport-related, especially soccer and basketball.  It was so nice to get a chance to photograph a child who stayed where I directed him, posed fabulously, and had a great attitude while doing so.  I used a softbox and sometimes another flash with the juice-Fong, and I think both were used here as it was almost 5 pm with the light fading. This was my first shoot with my new D700 with the full frame sensor and I was very surprised to see more depth of field at various apertures than when I use that same lens on my D200 with the smaller sensor.  The reason for this was explained to me, but didn't quite compute so I have to just believe it works that way.
Nikon D700, 70 -200mm VR lens at f4 and 1/320th, ISO 200.
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  1. Doug HaassDecember 3, 2009 at 9:26 AM

    What focal length did you shoot at Cindi? You know the further back you go the more depth of field you get.

    If you have LR you might use a gradient to darken the sky down some. I think it's the one thing that kind of sticks out for me.

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  2. CindiDecember 3, 2009 at 11:27 AM

    This was shot at a focal length of 95mm, at f4. I thought the farther back you went, the LESS depth of field you got...I mean the backgrounds go even more out of focus, right? I have so much trouble understanding that concept. I agree that J doesn't stand out like I had envisioned he would, probably due to his skin tone against the brown bark. I did use a couple of curves layers to darken the sky but I guess it isn't enough. This shot is cropped in because in my original composition I included more of the tree limbs, thinking it led the eyes to his face but didn't like it after uploading. I should have zoomed in more and on other shots I did that. Still learning!

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  3. Doug HaassDecember 3, 2009 at 2:51 PM

    Closer gives you less DOF, further back gets you more DOF.

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  4. Larry J. PatrickDecember 7, 2009 at 9:19 AM

    Good pose and control of your light. The whole scene is great for a boy of his age.

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