I am teaming up with a friend to do beach mini sessions to raise money for a local child that has been diagnosed with a rare form of cancer called DIPG. This little fighter has found a place in my heart. I don’t know her personally but I feel connected with her because she was diagnosed on my oldest son’s 21st Birthday. From what I have read, most people diagnosed with this form of cancer only live about 9 months!!! I can’t even imagine what this family is going through. If you’d like, look up Aubreigh’s Army on Facebook and read about this precious little angel.
Anyway, the reason for this post. I have taken pictures at the beach before but was never under a time frame. So I was able to play around with camera settings. For these pictures, each session is 20 minutes and the clients get 15 pictures. The times are from 10-12:40. Can y’all please help me out with setting recommendations I should use?! I will more than likely be using my kit lens only because I have quite mastered sharp focusing with my 50 mm lens. I may be able to work on that in the coming weeks. I don’t want my pictures to be blown out or too dark. I’m not exactly sure how many will be in each session. I’m extremely nervous now that I have obligated myself to this. I definitely don’t want to screw this up!!!!! Please help!!!!! Thanks a bunch!!!! Y’all are awesome.
any way to go and try it ahead of time? if you are in similar circumstances you should be able to get close and only make small adjustments the day of. what camera and lens? bright middle of the day?
@jackies365 Really no way to go ahead of time. It’s about 45 minutes to an hour away and I work all day every day!! My camera is a canon t4i. Kit lens is 18-135. I have a 50 mm but my focusing with it needs some work. When I use it, my pictures always come out blurred. So I REALLY need to practice more with it. The pictures will be taken from 10 am- 12:40 pm. My friend is the one heading it up and she set the times.
i should think using auto iso, and av setting, with a mid f stop setting should be quite safe. , then use exposure compensation if necessary after you have a little pixel-peep. depends on the weather of course,
what f- stop are you trying to use with your 50mm? if its too wide open it becomes much harder for focusing. @cjoye takes a lot of photos in beach sessions, check out her work and exif ...
i think having a zoom might be handy in this situation anyway, depending on what your subject is doing/ how they are posing , hope for a bit of cloud for portraits, will make less problems of shadows on faces in midday sun. if there is bright sun you might consider a prop such as a beach umbrella or get someone to hold up a towel to diffuse the light. Also handy to take something to sit on like a blanket.
oh and put your camera on multi-shot, so it takes a few at a time, sometimes small changes in expression make a difference.
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what f- stop are you trying to use with your 50mm? if its too wide open it becomes much harder for focusing. @cjoye takes a lot of photos in beach sessions, check out her work and exif ...
oh and put your camera on multi-shot, so it takes a few at a time, sometimes small changes in expression make a difference.