Beginners..

twoboys · #1 January 26th, 2012, 11:25 AM

If there is one topic you would like to know more about, what would it be?

mom2baylee&levi · #2 January 26th, 2012, 01:49 PM

I am not so much a beginner But I have one.......

Off camera Flash......thats my next goal....get the speedlight off the camera and on a lightstand to play.....what equipment to use....techniques.....How tos......

soooo if anyone here uses off camera flast and would wanna do a beginners tutorial I would be eternerally grateful to you hahaha

Belita · #3 January 26th, 2012, 02:07 PM

lighting

marriedtoamountie · #4 January 26th, 2012, 02:44 PM

Ocf too!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

twoboys · #5 January 27th, 2012, 12:57 PM

Okay, I will try to get some information up and ask some of the ladies here to help with some lighting help!!

starryeyedme04 · #6 January 27th, 2012, 02:04 PM

Hmm probably some more stuff in photoshop like fixing skin tons (along with how to use the on computer calibration until i can convince dh to buy me the software) and white balance...

I think im more of a "do" than read person tho.

rmarie9509 · #7 January 30th, 2012, 10:27 AM

Gimp editing tricks

.h00dihoo.this. · #8 January 30th, 2012, 11:14 AM

for GIMP i'd go check out the siggies r us school.. they have a lot of tutorials on GIMP

twoboys · #9 January 31st, 2012, 05:35 AM

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Originally Posted by starryeyedme04

Hmm probably some more stuff in photoshop like fixing skin tons (along with how to use the on computer calibration until i can convince dh to buy me the software) and white balance...

I think im more of a "do" than read person tho.

Have you looked up the numbers for skin tones? They are usually pretty helpful when editing skin tones. I really think skin tones are one of the hardest things to conquer. It always helps to have the correct wb and exposure.

The two things I suggest is really learning how to read a histogram and then learning about the number values for skin tones.

Basically if the cyan is about 5% the magenta should be about 10% and the yellow around 15% Thats just a rough draft.. magenta should never be higher than yellow.. again, its best to use your eyes for the best judgement and then just use the values for a guide.. hth!!

twoboys · #10 January 31st, 2012, 05:41 AM

so the magenta should always be higher than cyan, by no more than 10, and yellow should be higher than magenta, no more than 10.! ( I wasnt implying that cyan should be at 5% every time).. thats just a rough guide!

starryeyedme04 · #11 January 31st, 2012, 08:36 PM

Do you have a link for the histogram? Shooting in studio isn't too big of an issue for me (but then again im uncalibrated for right now..hopefully i can get some software with tax stuff) but outside can be sometimes. I need to research the WB stuff and figure that out too, i suppose lol.