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Postby Alex on Thu Aug 18, 2005 11:22 am

Here is a few of the photos I took on the day of the solo flight of a guy I did a shoot for. As I mentioned no good action shots due to distance/ position.

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untieing the aircraft

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in the cockpit

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instructor drop off

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the aircraft

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with the instructor after the flight

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Postby genji on Thu Aug 18, 2005 11:37 am

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IMHO you did a great job. its difficult shoting portraits in full sunlight, but i think you manage well. And considering you only had a day to learn to use the SB800, well done!! BTW was it a last minute thing? you did really well considering.
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Postby Manta on Thu Aug 18, 2005 12:06 pm

Nice work Alex. Brought back some good memories for me when I nervously taxiied away from my instructor for the first time... :D
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Postby spartikus on Thu Aug 18, 2005 1:33 pm

I think you've done well - doesn't appear to be a cast of any colour in your shots, shooting in broad daylight can be a bitch! Congrats to you and your friend!
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Postby robboh on Thu Aug 18, 2005 1:58 pm

Congrats on a good shoot in difficult light. Im sure he is very happy with the photos?? The SB800 isnt a particularly forgiving beast sometimes, so well done with that too.

His smile at the end says it all really. Coupled to that, I wish that the various instructors I have flown with were that cute :lol:

I see a lot of your pics incorporated suggestions that various people made, so hopefully our tips were of some use.

Well done.
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nice work

Postby vrboy on Thu Aug 18, 2005 2:11 pm

the images really have a good pop to them, what is your setup?
I seem to be losing that pop between shooting and psot production, any tips for retaining colour?
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Postby Alex on Thu Aug 18, 2005 7:49 pm

Hi Guys,

Thank you for the comments. I'm surprised as I found many of these pics a bit disappointing. Anyway, I feel better after you commented.

Lighting was a bit harsh from all directions, I used sb800 in BLTTL as fill flash.

The hardest and trickiest part I found was to quickly and efficiently change lenses. If anyone can give me tips on how I can do this on the go, I'd be greateful. I ran around a lot, bent, sat on knees, etc to capture various moments and I didn't realise but I have muscle pain every where today and I felt totally stuffed last night. It was a great learning experience though. THank you all for your help.

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Postby Alex on Thu Aug 18, 2005 7:51 pm

robboh wrote:.

His smile at the end says it all really. Coupled to that, I wish that the various instructors I have flown with were that cute :lol:



Robboh,

Yes, the instructor was a bonus :-)

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Re: nice work

Postby Alex on Thu Aug 18, 2005 7:53 pm

vrboy wrote:the images really have a good pop to them, what is your setup?
I seem to be losing that pop between shooting and psot production, any tips for retaining colour?


Hi Vrboy,

I didn't do much PPing. All I did, EV tweaking in NC, some levels and contrust + saturation and USM in PS CS. I shot all images raw.

Oh yeah, and I did use an in-camera custom curve.

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Postby Alex on Thu Aug 18, 2005 8:10 pm

genji wrote: BTW was it a last minute thing? you did really well considering.


Thanks genji,

Well, he told me about 1.5 days before the event, so pretty much a last minute thing :-)

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Postby mudder on Thu Aug 18, 2005 8:45 pm

Judging by the lighting I think you've done a terrific job with the SB800, gee I still haven't got the hang of it :lol: Looks like it was a good day all round... Well done.

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Postby Alex on Thu Aug 18, 2005 8:48 pm

mudder wrote:Judging by the lighting I think you've done a terrific job with the SB800, gee I still haven't got the hang of it :lol: Looks like it was a good day all round... Well done.

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Thanks, Andrew. I was reading the sb 800 manual the night before like mad :-). Thanks again for offering to lend me the equipment.

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