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Dennis Orchard - 2008 Lecture

Be Quick or be Dead – Modern Lifestyle Wedding Photography - Extra Plus Masterclass (Sold Out)

Today’s weddings make increasing demands on the photographer. Couples are no longer willing to pose in a, “strictly ballroom”, fashion and prefer a more fluid approach to their photography. They see Lifestyle images in magazines and demand similar stylish photographs from their photographer.

Photographers have two choices they can make a stand and insist on two hours of the client’s time at the wedding, or they can go with the flow and explore new techniques that will enable them to achieve Lifestyle images throughout the day with minimum time wastage and customer frustration.

Modern digital cameras are the perfect tools with which to explore this kind of work, but they require more photographer input than merely setting the camera to Program & the flash to Auto.

In this workshop I will endeavour to explain the correct use of focus, exposure, and flash for digital cameras, with practical demonstrations of how contemporary images can be created quickly in low light indoor locations with the minimum of equipment and fuss.

The workshop will be, “hands on”, and attendees will be encouraged to bring their own camera equipment and laptop to take pictures and practice the techniques learned in the lecture.

 

Topics covered.

Correct use of Camera Metering

Exposure Compensation

Subtle use of Flash

Flash exposure compensation,

“Thumb” Auto Focus

Low light indoors photography

Group Photos & Fill Flash

Window light

Candid photos

Photo finishing in Photoshop

The workshop will contain real time photography with a Bride & Groom.

Dennis Orchard. ALPE.  ASWPP. Cr SWPP.

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