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Canon General / Re: new canon lens caps
« on: May 10, 2013, 12:05:43 PM »
A very intrusive red carpet with phone camera (flash on) and instagrammed...
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Lenses / Re: How to shoot jewellery and NOT get reflections of the camera
« on: May 10, 2013, 10:50:53 AM »
a 60D and the 100mm is ideal.
for starters, lay a piece of white paper or card down on a table up to the edge then lay out your jewellery and compose your shot.
what flash equipment do you have?
for starters, lay a piece of white paper or card down on a table up to the edge then lay out your jewellery and compose your shot.
what flash equipment do you have?
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Lenses / Re: How to shoot jewellery and NOT get reflections of the camera
« on: May 10, 2013, 09:43:44 AM »
There's filters on our internet at work so wherever you've linked them photos from I can't see them to ascertain your lighting set up 
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Lenses / Re: How to shoot jewellery and NOT get reflections of the camera
« on: May 10, 2013, 09:38:36 AM »
@omar
www.lewismaxwell.co.uk in the product section at the bottom. most of that is watches but it's all the same when shooting shiny metals and mirrors
www.lewismaxwell.co.uk in the product section at the bottom. most of that is watches but it's all the same when shooting shiny metals and mirrors
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Lenses / Re: How to shoot jewellery and NOT get reflections of the camera
« on: May 10, 2013, 09:35:40 AM »
100mm macro is the best lens I've ever used for this type of work. all items will be big and you'll be far enough away from them to not be reflected. always have your lights infront or level with the camera. put white card behind and in-front to reflect nice bits. you shouldn't have a problem. if you're using one of those shitty tents or a light box you'll have no end of issues. if you're not using soft boxes and just bare flash you'll never get good results. i recommend bowens...
people often ask me what I'd suggest for getting their own good shots: about an £8000 budget to start with, good knowledge of lighting and a splash of creativity.
when they say "oh, we need it for cheap..." accept that you'll have "rubbish" shots... unless you have a ridiculous amount of lighting knowledge and an infinite amount of creativity with it...
good job I'm spot on in both scenarios
people often ask me what I'd suggest for getting their own good shots: about an £8000 budget to start with, good knowledge of lighting and a splash of creativity.
when they say "oh, we need it for cheap..." accept that you'll have "rubbish" shots... unless you have a ridiculous amount of lighting knowledge and an infinite amount of creativity with it...
good job I'm spot on in both scenarios
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Lenses / Re: How to shoot jewellery and NOT get reflections of the camera
« on: May 10, 2013, 08:33:11 AM »
What are you shooting with regarding camera / lens / lighting?
Watches and Jewellery account for 90% of my work... maybe it's subliminal but I've never been able to catch a camera in the reflections!
Watches and Jewellery account for 90% of my work... maybe it's subliminal but I've never been able to catch a camera in the reflections!
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Canon General / Re: new canon lens caps
« on: May 08, 2013, 12:39:40 PM »
it might be a good thread to start: take a photo of all your best equipment on the worst background with the worst camera you can find in the worst lighting possible. That's always the problem, isn't it? If you want to take a photo of all your good stuff then you've got nothing good to shoot it with... I'll do that when I get home.
well done me
well done me
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Canon General / Re: new canon lens caps
« on: May 08, 2013, 11:44:19 AM »forget the lens caps, I'm just drooling over the lenses in your pic. As you can see, mine are not as impressive as yours
forget the lenses, I'm just drooling over your curtains in your pic. As you can see, mine are not as impressive as yours
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Canon General / Re: The best camera is the one....
« on: May 07, 2013, 07:26:20 PM »
...that you see in the exif data when looking at someone else's photo thinking "how the heck did they get that amazing shot?".
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1D X Sample Images / Re: Weddings
« on: May 03, 2013, 09:02:15 AM »
search for freelensing if you want to know more about it, there's quite a big movement in it
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1D X Sample Images / Re: Weddings
« on: May 02, 2013, 06:05:47 AM »yeah, you can deffo tell the difference between the 35mm and the 50mm now. I shoot mainly with my 50 and the compositions are a lot tighter like yours above. I'm getting the 35mm...
We (me and my wife) shoot close to the subjects because of the background that's too `busy` in the place we live in, which is the fastest shrinking city in the world. We made an attempt to go wider recently with 50L (I mean picture framing here), so I'll upload a shot or two next week.
My advice would be to make few steps backwards if you want a wider shot. Leave the framing adjustable by you, not by the lens. And think about new purchase only if you need compression or picture quality of a specific lens
Though if your aim is event photography, 35L is fabulous there
I'm relatively new to full frame having shot for the last few years on a crop sensor so focal lengths of lenses need getting used to all over again. I've only shot one wedding so far with my 5Diii/5Dii pairing and it was mainly with my 50. I used to shoot with 7D/60D and use a 28mm so the 35mm would have a similar feel on a full frame yet I could get a slightly shallower DOF I suspect? My next wedding isn't til next month so I have a little time to save up for the 35mm sigma art. thanks for making my decision an easy one!
this was shot mainly with the 50mm http://www.lewismaxwell.co.uk/projects/4671939#1 btw
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1D X Sample Images / Re: Weddings
« on: May 01, 2013, 09:44:37 AM »
yeah, you can deffo tell the difference between the 35mm and the 50mm now. I shoot mainly with my 50 and the compositions are a lot tighter like yours above. I'm getting the 35mm...
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1D X Sample Images / Re: Weddings
« on: May 01, 2013, 09:01:58 AM »
are you using 50mm or 35mm on most of them? loving the DoF and colours. If it's the 35mm then you've just swung me into getting one, if it's 50mm then I must try harder 
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1D X Sample Images / Re: Weddings
« on: May 01, 2013, 08:56:09 AM »
Pretty ace, no problems there chap, nice composition and spot on post-production. better than the majority of folk out there
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Lenses / Re: Need Some Advice
« on: May 01, 2013, 04:20:32 AM »
as pointed out, you have most of the gear anyway and as long as you know how to use it you'll be fine.
I would suggest also getting a 50mm either 1.2 or 1.4
I shoot weddings with just the 50mm and the 28-105mm and the 28-105mm hardly gets used other than for groups.
for my next wedding I'm going to get that sigma art 35mm and see how that goes as some guy I was 2nd shooting for last month used one with some nice results. I do do a lot of upright shots though and he shoots all landscape. horses for courses I guess, it just depends on your style.
I would suggest also getting a 50mm either 1.2 or 1.4
I shoot weddings with just the 50mm and the 28-105mm and the 28-105mm hardly gets used other than for groups.
for my next wedding I'm going to get that sigma art 35mm and see how that goes as some guy I was 2nd shooting for last month used one with some nice results. I do do a lot of upright shots though and he shoots all landscape. horses for courses I guess, it just depends on your style.