I was asked to shoot a team portrait this afternoon. As I was approaching the field, I realized that the sun was going to be coming out of the clouds and that the lighting would be direct and harsh for quite some time. The field offered no shade.
I positioned the players so that the sun was mostly behind them so that they wouldn't be squinting as much. Ideally, I would have lit the team with my new Einstein strobes, but I haven't received my power pack yet. :frown:
So, I set up two Nikon SB flash units very close to the camera left and right--and down enough so that they would add some fill light under the caps. It's the caps that make these baseball photos so difficult!
I don't think the SB's were powerful enough to fully light the players. But, it did help somewhat. Then, I opened up the shadows while processing the raw file in Capture NX2.
In any event, here are a couple of the pictures:
I suspect that I'll have better luck once I start working with the Einsteins.
Thanks for listening!
Glenn
I positioned the players so that the sun was mostly behind them so that they wouldn't be squinting as much. Ideally, I would have lit the team with my new Einstein strobes, but I haven't received my power pack yet. :frown:
So, I set up two Nikon SB flash units very close to the camera left and right--and down enough so that they would add some fill light under the caps. It's the caps that make these baseball photos so difficult!
I don't think the SB's were powerful enough to fully light the players. But, it did help somewhat. Then, I opened up the shadows while processing the raw file in Capture NX2.
In any event, here are a couple of the pictures:
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I suspect that I'll have better luck once I start working with the Einsteins.
Thanks for listening!
Glenn
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