Engagement Shoot questions

mpriest13mpriest13 Registered Users Posts: 222 Major grins
edited May 24, 2009 in Weddings
I am doing an engagement shoot this saturday at a local park that has a lot of shade with lots of sunlight peaking through creating tons of shadows. There is a shot the couple wants with a waterfall in the background and they want the water blurred. How can I get that effect with the couple in focus using a fill flash to get rid of some of the shadows. We are shooting in the late afternoon but there will still be some shadows. I posted a few shots I quickly snapped the other day. All help would be appreciated.

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  • Art ScottArt Scott Registered Users Posts: 8,959 Major grins
    edited May 21, 2009
    really hard to start to expalin withou knowing what gear you have and plan to use.....for example I currently use Konica Minolta 7D's.....in my menus I can set slow shutter sync to just this type of effect ....
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  • mpriest13mpriest13 Registered Users Posts: 222 Major grins
    edited May 21, 2009
    Art Scott wrote:
    really hard to start to expalin withou knowing what gear you have and plan to use.....for example I currently use Konica Minolta 7D's.....in my menus I can set slow shutter sync to just this type of effect ....


    sorry..I will be using a Nikon d80 with a 50mm f1.4 and a 18-135

    I have reflectors and a SB-600 that I can use off camera as well.
  • medinaphoto1medinaphoto1 Registered Users Posts: 21 Big grins
    edited May 22, 2009
    mpriest13 wrote:
    sorry..I will be using a Nikon d80 with a 50mm f1.4 and a 18-135

    I have reflectors and a SB-600 that I can use off camera as well.



    I would have the camera on a tripod and shoot very high fstop, like f18. Try to get your shutter down to like 1/15th- if you have to underexpose the scene a few stops to get down to 1/15th- even better. USe your flash off camera and use a diffuser- make that light soft- that should do it.
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  • mpriest13mpriest13 Registered Users Posts: 222 Major grins
    edited May 23, 2009
    Another quick question... for this shoot which side of a reflector would you use. The gold, silver or white?
  • filmphotofilmphoto Registered Users Posts: 12 Big grins
    edited May 24, 2009
    Practice this first - otherwise you'll look a twonk in front of the client - but it is ok to say "This is a technical shot, give me a moment while I setup and test".

    Don't forget shutter speed is irrelevant for flash, so expose for a long a shutter on the background and use the flash to highlight the client.
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