Neal Osborn
Forum Replies Created
-
Posts
-
Dusty,
LOL . . . here are examples of low light event photography with the iPhone. A motley pair for sure, complete with chewing tobacco documentation.
Sometimes I wish cursing at the camera would in fact make better pictures, ha. It’s a tough juggling match when in low light and shooting for friends and family while trying to avoid looking like a photographer. David, you make it look easy (as expected)! Great shots.
One thing to remember with low-light ambient “event” photography is the relation of f-stop to focal length. In other words, not all fast-glass is the same. A 50mm f1.4/1.8 has a different compression (i.e. feel) vs a similar fast 85mm or 105mm. Both will capture light well but the longer focal length will be better at portrait/photo-documentary. A fast 85mm lens is high up on my wish list! Also, with a 50mm prime like yours you have to move in close the subject to get a good crop which creates challenges with the lighting and also the comfort of the subject. At that point, like David said, forget about the background and just focus on the eye and let er rip. Since I don’t shoot children I can’t comment on the specific challenges they pose.
Lately, I have abandoned my hot shoe flash at events and just shoot ambient. Manual mode generally. Here is an example from a party the other night. 50mm f/1.4, 1/40 sec, 2/3 EV, ISO 3200, and a neighbor who is very comfortable in front of the lens allows helps. Steady hands are required at that slow shutter speed. Time was 9pm in a basement with only the overhead light and a table lamp. She was placed slightly to camera right from the lamp until I saw the light starting to wrap around her face. Image is straight out of camera with a bit of white balance correction and sharpening.
Hello Mark! Welcome to the site. I’m glad that the tutorial was helpful and that fly looks good – double hook nonetheless, nice. That looks like a fingerling Rainbow trout.
Have you tried turning the strap-and-camera 180 degrees and restrap over your shoulder? I know that sounds silly but it often changes the lens angle to point down.
It’s really tough to edit video on a G4. Even the early iLife applications were demanding of the pre-Intel processors. Basically, any of the standard editing software will chew up a G4 in a flash, that’s if they even install on the computer at all.
Hey, check this out
Dewitt fly boxes (general) http://www.anglersportgroup.com/products_subcat2.asp?CatID=7&SubCatID=23
Dewitt fly boxes (Acrylic Utility, the ones I use) http://www.anglersportgroup.com/products_detail.asp?ID=351&CatID=7&SubCatID=23&SubCat2ID=7
All the Dewitt fly boxes available in different styles/shapes/sizes.
Joel, here a few shots of my current boat bag system for fly boxes. I was introduced to this schema by Gary Merriman at the Fish Hawk here in Atlanta and it is the best method I’ve found so far. The fly boxes are Dewitt clear acrylic 6 Long Compartment
I use mine all the time. They are wonderful tools for burning small “divots” in hair flies which in turn act as a repository for Goop/AquaSeal/QuickGrip, which in turn allows a rounded eye to be placed securely without “squishing” the adhesive. I use them on woolhead flies, TWM’s, EP flies and also deer head flies (see below). Furthermore, this tool is awesome for “poking” holes in to foam flies whenever you need to pierce the foam with a hook point – in other words you burn a small hole and then the hook point simply slides in without “stretching or tearing” the foam.
The flies below all employed a cauterized eye divot. Notice the rounded eyes first have the stems removed.
It is also a good tool for burning an extra bit of space on foam dumbbell eyes for the Boobie fly pattern
This is a good topic Zach. I agree with the above comments and have a few additional points. Having recently been forced into video for my other work this subject is fresh on my mind. I think that video can be grouped into three broad categories for fly fishing: 1)action/adventure, 2)education/tutorial, and 3)documentary. What I see mostly in regard to fly fishing is the action/adventure footage, and it ranges from amateur Zoom type cameras all the way to full scale professional motion picture or DVD quality. That is the exciting stuff. However, I see the most potential for education and documentary style videos in this industry. Frankly, fly fishing is a very visual past time and if someone can capture the dimensionality of say fly casting or fly tying in the visual arts then we would all benefit. In particular, we are missing those great documentaries. Although boring to produce, it would be great to see some of the pioneers on film and capture the history of the sport with good equipment.
As for the “explosion”, it is probably a combination of technology catching up and the younger generation feeling comfortable with the equipment. I see more and more fly fishing guides posting footage on Youtube and that is good for marketing. However, there is much more potential yet to be explored. Again, fly fishing is a visual sport and capturing it on video just makes sense.
Finally, videos have huge potential for driving sales.
