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Very nice job!

so gorgeous! you win this battle mister green eyes!

clean me!!

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On white is a must!

People are always hiding behind their cell phones. I noticed myself take mine out tonight when I was waiting to use the restroom at a restaurant w/ some friends. There was a freaking line for the restroom! I thought that was only a women's room thing? Anyway, I was like, "Uh oh, a line." The gentleman was like, "Yeah, weird huh?" I was like yeah, then tried to chit chat a little bit in line cause I was bored and just trying to be friendly. He gave me the cold shoulder so I proceeded to take out my cell phone and go on aim to see if anybody else wanted to talk. Nobody responded.... So I just sat there with my mind racing a million miles an hour. End of story. Wish me luck at my engagement shoot tomorrow, lets hope I do not mess up these people's shots too bad! LOL.

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jackieeeeeee says:

i think its hysterical how true this is. every time strangers are put in a situation they have to stand around each other, they automatically whip out their phones. (don't get me wrong, i'm the first to tell you i do it.)

I mostly take mine out when I'm walking by someone I only KIND OF know, so I can avoid the awkward "hi."

ANYWAYS, this shot came out really well. I love the white background off the white shirt. (I also love your shirt :) ) good job! sorry this is long:(
Posted 8 months ago. ( permalink )

kame_me says:

oh totally! i so had a time like that too! lol. its a habit i guess for some of us. anyway have fun at tomorows engagement shoot! hahaha:D and you wont mess up that badly ryan! lol. oh yeah

love your eyes here. and your expression always makes me laugh:D
Posted 8 months ago. ( permalink )

Jeff Engelhardt says:

dude - is that an LG voyager? I have one too! I totally know what you're talking about too!
Posted 8 months ago. ( permalink )

shanelindsaymorin says:

RYAN! finally a decent shot haha.. jk. i like this one too. have fun today!! don't be too nervous. I wish I could help you out but everyone knows you'll be awesome. just remember.. let them be in love and youll get the shots you need. yipee!
Posted 8 months ago. ( permalink )

Ericson Calderon says:

This is cool! Good luck today! Lemmy know if you need some lights!
Posted 8 months ago. ( permalink )

Ryan C.Thomas says:

@Jackie- It is all good, I like reading peoples opinions. :) Keep them coming, and thanks!
@Kame- Thanks Kame :). I am gonna get started on that obsessions project probably this week! Great idea..
@Jeff- Yes sir, it is an LG Voyager. How do you like it? I am not thoroughly pleased with it.
@Lindsay- Thanks dude. You can help Ericson and I out w/ the wedding if you want! Not till April though. Well actually, if I screw these shots up then I will not be the wedding photographer! Hahahhaha. I won't mess up though.
@Ericson- Thanks dude. I just wish I could have the 580 off camera to emit the light from different angles, but I will deal with what I have! I am gonna try to use as much natural light as possible.
Posted 8 months ago. ( permalink )

Ericson Calderon says:

Good take. I think the majority of engagement photos should look as natural as possible! Knock 'em dead, soldier!
Posted 8 months ago. ( permalink )

Chuck Hunts says:

Great shot, good luck on your shoot !!!
Posted 8 months ago. ( permalink )

Ryan C.Thomas says:

Thank you Chuck, have a great weekend!
Posted 8 months ago. ( permalink )

Ericson Calderon says:

The shutter speed has no effect on the exposure on his head and shirt. I think he flows well with the image. People stress about things being overexposed...underexposed. What is actually correct is what the photographer wants it to be.
Posted 8 months ago. ( permalink )

QuEpAsA Boy! says:

such gorgeous lighting! I envy you so much...

nice shirt too!! :)
Posted 8 months ago. ( permalink )

Ryan C.Thomas says:

@Davey- Thank you for your advice, seriously. But yeah, I totally agree the shirt and forehead are blown out. In my original image the colors were "normal" I guess. I played around in photoshop a bit and liked how the lighting looked because it looked different and cool I thought; so I rolled with it.
@Ericson- Yes, I totally agree about what is technically "correct" vs. what a photographer is trying to portray. I have seen many shots that defy the basic rules of photography that look just stunning. Also have seen shots that are technically correct that are awful!
@Hunter- Thanks dude!
Posted 8 months ago. ( permalink )

Ericson Calderon says:

Davey, test it out. Your flash exposure will be the same at any shutter, unless you're not syncing properly. Sure, his ambient light will be affected, but not him, since he is exposed by the flash. Aperture, on the other hand, will change his overall exposure.

Woah, I didn't know you could trigger like nikon's CLS system with the 40D!? That's pretty cool! Ryan, you wouldn't need any triggers at all if you got all slaved strobes!
Posted 8 months ago. ( permalink )

Ryan C.Thomas says:

This is the original shot SOOC:

Posted 8 months ago. ( permalink )

Ericson Calderon says:

I think you have it backwards. If the flash is in manual, there will be no change in flash exposure from varying shutter speeds. If the flash is in TTL, the shutter speed will...wait, thinking about it..no the flash exposure should be the same as well in TTL, unless it is severely powered down from the metering since your shutter is varying. Well, I'll test it out in TTL, but I stand strong and I know for a fact that Flash exposure is not effected by shutter speed, even if your flash is in manual mode.

Anyway, I don't think that his original image was overexposed, he processed it.
Posted 8 months ago. ( permalink )

Ericson Calderon says:

Right, see. Looks exposed properly to me. A higher shutter would have only darkend his background slightly.
Posted 8 months ago. ( permalink )

Ericson Calderon says:

Davey, you are wrong.

Here is why:
Your flash set at 1/4 power will expose your subject according to your aperture no matter the shutter speed. The only change you will see at a constant aperture and a varying shutter speed is the light being blocked from the shutter being triggered that fraction of a second faster than your flash is (improper syncing).

Think of this:
Your shutter, a mechanical device pivoted at a point, flips up and down when the shutter button is engaged fully, exposing your sensor to the ambient light and flash (if any at that time) for that value of time you specify by selecting your shutter speed. The flash at 1/4 power will put out 1/4 power every time you trigger it. So, say for a control you set your camera to f/7.1 @ 1/160 sec shutter and take a picture of a subject, say Ryan. Then you vary your shutter to 1/10th of a second..no wait, say 1 second for the sake of extremes. Keep your aperture constant at f/7.1. Take the picture. Ryan will be exposed exactly the same. The only difference will be the ambient light in the background. Now remember, his background will change depending on what's behind him and if the flash is helping to expose it. Now change your shutter to 1/4000 sec and what do you see? Black. Why? Because you are improperly synced.

Hmm. Let's slow it down. Try 1/300th. Okay, you get a black bar on the bottom of your image. Why is that?

AH! Because your shutter is BLOCKING light because it was triggered before the flash was.

Do you think your shutter moves faster than the speed of light? No, not even at 1/8000 sec. Why would a mechanical gate change the power output or level of exposure by blocking it partially?

Flash is not like ambient light. It does not seep in. It's on for that time and it's off. There are some pre flashes sometimes too.

So, regarding TTL without testing it, think of this: What is TTL? Through the lens metering. Okay. That would mean your flash is set to auto expose according to your camera’s metering. So if you meter something and you want to stop it down, you can use your aperture OR your shutter. That is because the camera will electronically tell your flash what kind of exposure you want and it will adjust the power level from that.

Wow, this is long. I’m sorry, Davey, your facts are incorrect. Please do some research if you do not believe me or I can go on and on about, not only, the physics but the logic of how your advice was technically wrong.

PLUS! This image was taken in the dark. Thus, no ambient light. Shutter makes no difference in this image. And, I have done the tests to back it up.

P.s. that’s cool info about Minolta and stuff, but it means nothing to our argument. ;)
Posted 8 months ago. ( permalink )

brianr_001 says:

Ericson's right. So there!
Posted 8 months ago. ( permalink )

v_tofu says:

Ericsons got it.. but for the sake of proof:

strobist.blogspot.com/2007/09/lighting-102-33 -balancing-f...
Posted 8 months ago. ( permalink )

basegrinder says:

I'd say Davey is right

someone needs to go out and practice a little more. a lot more actually.

btw, flash can be like ambient light. depends where you are taking the photo.
Posted 8 months ago. ( permalink )

Ericson Calderon says:

Who needs to practice more?

Davey, when were we ever talking about high speed sync and how does it apply to Ryan's image? I'm on a cell phone I'll be backB
Posted 8 months ago. ( permalink )

kraig7777 says:

Why in the world would you advise someone to adjust their flash exposure by going to high speed sync mode? That's about the dumbest thing I've ever heard. Just stop down the aperture.

Dude was wrong with his first bit of advice to raise the shutter speed and now he's just reaching at straws to save face.
Posted 8 months ago. ( permalink )

Ryan C.Thomas says:

LOL.
Posted 8 months ago. ( permalink )

Niko R. says:

If you´re not talking about some fancypants new fangled brand specific high speed sync system, this is how the cookie crumbles:

SHUTTER SPEED: effects ambient exposure
APERTURE: effects ambient exposure and flash exposure

So if this shot is totally lit with one FULL manual flash, there is no way that the shutter speed would effect the exposure, unless you are trying to sync it above your synch speed, resulting in a black band in the image. I guess that would be effecting the exposure, too.
Posted 8 months ago. ( permalink )

Ericson Calderon says:

Did that really happen? He deleted all of his comments?
Posted 8 months ago. ( permalink )

QuEpAsA Boy! says:

Can you Flickr Mail me on how you made your eyes so awesome in this picture using photoshop? I'd love to know. You make them glow!!
Posted 8 months ago. ( permalink )

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