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| raynerd:
Hi guys, I had a Nikon d50(?) DSLR a good few years ago but never truly got into using it. I have just bought myself a Canon 70d and I'm loving it! Are there any photographers on here or camera enthusiasts. I'd like to know your thoughts on workshop photography and setups. Cheers Chris |
| chipenter:
A wide angle lens is a must I can't far enugh away a lot of the time . |
| raynerd:
Yes! I experience the same on my ipad and phone and also with this 18-55mm lens. A wide angle lens and a gorillapod are on the want list! Chris |
| S. Heslop:
You may be aware but I think the real secret to getting swish looking film & photos is to colour grade/ post process them. Frank Howarth's videos are particularly fancy and you can tell he puts alot of effort into editing them. Way more than I could stomach! I like to pretend I go for the schlubby half-assed look on purpose. Not sure what a great resource is for information on colour grading. This guy's videos are okay, but anything even slightly artistic seems to require alot of digging to find actual information hidden in the piles of Sponsored Content, misinformation, and pomposity. And i've yet to find any kind of single great resource. For photographing/ filming workshop stuff it's worth trying to prevent the object of interest from blending into the background too much. It's not high art and framing isn't that big a deal, but it's nice if you can easily identify what you're supposed to be looking at in any given photo/ scene. Sorry if i'm kind of stating the obvious by the way. It's like I make a few youtube videos and suddenly think i'm an expert... Oh i'd also get one of those UV filters for your lens if you don't already have one. If you're as clumsy as me then it's just a matter of time till you get a spray of sparks embedded into the lens glass. |
| spuddevans:
I have a canon as well, (7d mk1), used to be big into photography, even entered some comp's. I've had Dslr's for 6-7 years, but it was only last year when asked to take photo's for a friend's wedding (my 3rd wedding as "official" photographer) I rented a better lens (17-55mm f2.8) and was blown away by the improvement in quality. Even without any post-processing in photoshop, the quality was noticeably better. If I was taking photo's more regularly I would def' buy that lens, it blew my 18-85mm f4.5-5.6 out of the water. It doesn't matter too much how many mega-pixies you have, the biggest difference is found by putting quality glass in front of the sensor. As for workshop photography, the things I try to achieve are; Neutral and even lighting. I tend to use a flashgun bounced off the ceiling to give flat, even light. (then try to make sure that the white-balance is set so that all the photos have the same colour tint or lack of tint) Make sure focus is on the the part you are wanting to highlight and not the background. Also have enough Depth of Field so all of what you want in focus is actually in focus (especially important with close up shots and Macro shots) Use a bit of white card/paper to put the part on unless the "shot" is to show it being machined on Lathe/mill/machine. Put something in the frame to show scale, and something that is fairly well-known worldwide, ie a Pencil, Mug. Fill the frame or crop the photo so that the object fills the photo so that there's little wasted space. (especially important on forums) That's all I can think of Tim |
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