With the recent snow storms in Holland I am sure you are looking for a SLR which keeps on working in a snow storm. The Canon 7D makes a good candidate. Read in Canon Field Reviews how the Canon 7D keeps up. I am afraid my Canon 50D is not built for these extreme conditions.
I attended another photo shoot evening. The topics were:
Preparations for the Artis Zoo
The entire class will visit the Artis Zoo in Amsterdam. We will try out the various flash techniques explained in this class.
This is the list of things to bring:
I will bring the following stuff:
Theory of flash photography
The teacher gave a short introduction on the theory of flash photography. Things like guide number, how to obtain a correct exposure, relation between guide number and ISO, balancing ambient light and flash light were briefly outlined. Much of the theory can be read on the web pages mentioned in my previous blog post ‘ Flash Technique’.
We will experiment with flash pictures made in the full Auto (P), Tv or Av mode. Full Auto (P) mode tries to expose the subject correctly while maintaining a high shutter speed. The high shutter speed minimizes the risk of a blurry picture but your background can become dark of even black. In Tv or Av mode, the camera tries to obtain a correct exposure for the background and uses the flash to light the subject correctly.
We studied photos made with flash from the following photographers:
Presentation of portrait photographers
A student prepared a short presentation of portrait photographers:
I wish I had known about this earlier.
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© Becker
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