Living the flood
Shouting Apolline (against heavy clouds ready to poor)
Same topic, three ways of shooting it. Pictures, settings, and choices explained.
By Franc Peret
I am not sure my little one, Apolline, will keep those moments in her inner memories, but pictures should help…
All shot with Nikon D750 and Nikon 24-70 mm f/2.8
1 – Shouting Apolline (against heavy clouds ready to pour):
– Zoom lens position 38 mm = Semi-wide shot to integrate the subject in her environment but keeping the possibility to get a shallower depth of field (wider the lens more depth of field you get).
– ISO 100 = Best quality and no need to increase as light are great.
– Aperture: f/2.8 = Treated as a portrait to get a shallow depth of field,
– Resulting Shutter speed (as I am working on Aperture priority mode) = 1/1250s
2 – Feet in the water (cut out the rest of the world)
– Zoom lens position 24 mm = Wide shot to integrate the subject in her environment.
– ISO 100 = Best quality and no need to increase as light are great.
– Aperture: f/5.6 = Treated as a landscape shot to get a deep depth of field, as my girl is too small and too far away to be dealt as a portrait. And the location is more important here to tell the story: wet and isolated, cut out from the rest of the world.
– Resulting Shutter speed (as I am working on Aperture priority mode) = 1/350s (I could set up at f/8 but as I never know if Apolline is going to move, I preferred to play it safe. At f/8 shutter speed would be around 1/160s, sufficient if she is keeping steady.)
3 – Under the sun (between rain)
– Zoom lens position 29 mm = Wide shot to integrate the subject in her environment.
– ISO 100 = Best quality and no need to increase as light are great.
– Aperture: f/2.8 = Treated as a portrait to get a shallow depth of field,
– Resulting Shutter speed (as I am working on Aperture priority mode) = 1/1600s (faster than the first shot as there is more light from the sun).
Former photo journalist, Film maker and ELC Shanghai Photography teacher, Franc Peret is teaching Essential Photography Classes, Advanced Photography Workshop and Film Making Classes in Shanghai, for the last 13 years.
If you wish to contact Franc, just drop an email to francperet@hotmail.com