Introduction
For this exercise I decided to attend at a local market where I hoped to capture portraits of two friends in the course of their business, one a jeweller and the other a cobbler.
For this exercise I decided to attend at a local market where I hoped to capture portraits of two friends in the course of their business, one a jeweller and the other a cobbler.
Both locations differed in the available light and it was my initial thoughts that there would be insufficient ambient light in the jewellers, requiring a flash, but sufficient ambient light in the cobblers.
Space was at a premium within the jewellers which prompted me to think that I would require a relatively wide angled lens where as there was good unobstructed field of view to the cobblers so allowing the potential use of longer focal lengths.
Workflow Chart:
Equipment
Equipment
Canon 5D MkII - check and if necessary charge batteries
- Canon 24/70 f2.8L lens – check and ensure glass is clean
- Canon 70/200 f2.8L lens - check and ensure glass is clean
- Canon 580 speedlite flash - check and is necessary charge batteries
Steps
- Format memory disc, ensure sufficient capacity
- Set camera to aperture priority
- Set camera to Raw + Jpeg format
- Set picture style
Shoot images
Processing
Download to computer
- Set computer autoplay, import into specific folder (Occupational Portraits) using same process to name images when putting into folder
- View raw images in Abobe Bridge
- Tag those to go forward for processing
- Open tagged images in Adobe Bridge
- Adjust exposure / white balance
Open in Photoshop CS4
- Safe levels and contrast (curves bespoke action enabling 5% increments to highlights and shadows)
- Hue / saturation adjustment
Save image / archive
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