PPSOP & Photosanity Summary

Cliff notes versions of both my PPSOP and Photosanity classes:

Speed

· Freeze Fast (1/500)

· Panning (1/30) – must be parallel to subject

   o Spinning, zooming, up & down, circles ISO 100, F16, 1/15 

·  Super Slow (1/2, 1 sec) waterfall 1/2

Low light:

- Shoot in raw

- Overexpose a little

- Business card to bounce flash

- If using flash, set up as normal but pull down ISO

- Magic Kingdom with people in front, step back 10 ft for full body shot, ISO 12800 and F11 (go down from there), no flash

Aperture

· Imply motion, big depth of field (16/22) ·  Who Cares 8 or 11, best color/light (landscapes, everything at same distance)

ISO: sunny 100, open shade 200/400, inside 800/1600

White balance: cloudy/shady or inside (tungsten) for low light

Story telling - Look for beg/mid/end

·  Turn autofocus to manual

·  Set at F22

·  Set to 3ft

·  Focus on something 3 ft in front of me. Crouch down and focus on something in the immediate foreground. Embrace 1 foot rule ·  Adjust speed to get to correct exposure

Preview button

·  Keep the preview button pressed and begin to open up the lens towards wide open, all the while looking through the viewfinder. At some point, probably around f/5.6 or f/4, you'll begin to see a cleaner image. Once you've visually determined the right aperture, release preview button, adjust shutter speed, fire away.

Silhouettes:

·  Turn autofocus to manual

·   10 min before or after sunrise/set

·   F8 or F11

·   Measure off of sky without sun

·   Turn white balance to shade

Sunny 16

·   When I shoot a frontlit or sidelit scene

·   F/16, 1/100

·   Shoot most of my subjects at a 1/3rd to 2/3rds of a stop under-exposed since this does intensify the overall colors in my images. (so instead of 1/100, opt for 1/110)

Meter off grass minus 2/3 for white shirt

Meter off blue sky or palm (make sure you are 1 stop over so instead of 0, be at +1)

- Snow, white, black cats, bright yellow flowers, dark skinned subjects, backlit portraits

-  You must shoot backlit portraits when the sun is at a low angle in the sky, early morning or late afternoon

Meter off dusky sky for city scenes/country scens at dusk