ericksonpost
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All shot on an af100 with a 14-54 Zuiko lens.
This was all run and gun footage. I didn't bring any lights or reflectors, I just used the natural light available.
-Paul
ps - longtime lurker, first time poster
WaterFire footage - Daylight to Darkness
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All shot on an af100 with a 14-54 Zuiko lens.
This was all run and gun footage. I didn't bring any lights or reflectors, I just used the natural light available.
-Paul
ps - longtime lurker, first time poster
Seamus McFlannel
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That looked great ericksonpost. A really good first post. I guess I'm your first ever responder.
ericksonpost
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Thanks Seamus! I figured an event like WaterFire would be a pretty cool way to test out what I could shoot in lowlight situations. I was really impressed with the af100's ability to shoot with just fire as a light source. Sun light on the other hand, I need to work on a little. The first shot was a little over exposed for my liking but it was a good lead in to the rest of the "story."
ericksonpost
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Sparky - yeah I knew a lot of my daytime stuff was a little on the hot side when I was looking my footage when I got home. I wish I had my polarizing filter, but the one I have is a 72mm and the 14-54 is a 67mm and no one locally had a step-up ring 
It's just something I know I need to compensate for now. What do you typically set your zebra's at for daylight shooting? I was set on 75 for the skin tones and I'd check it at 90 to see what was close to clipping. The glass blower was kinda a unique situation but I thought my other skin tones looked pretty good. Any suggestions?
edit - I know I was blowing out the highlights in the first shot and in a few other instances (like the glass blower). It was a choice I had to make with the limited gear I had on hand. I think my real question is if I properly exposed the highlights would I still be able to bring the mids up enough in post for the rest of the shot to look properly exposed?
It's just something I know I need to compensate for now. What do you typically set your zebra's at for daylight shooting? I was set on 75 for the skin tones and I'd check it at 90 to see what was close to clipping. The glass blower was kinda a unique situation but I thought my other skin tones looked pretty good. Any suggestions?edit - I know I was blowing out the highlights in the first shot and in a few other instances (like the glass blower). It was a choice I had to make with the limited gear I had on hand. I think my real question is if I properly exposed the highlights would I still be able to bring the mids up enough in post for the rest of the shot to look properly exposed?
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groveChuck
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Nice second time out with the camera!
It might have been nice to see more shots of the fires, perhaps CUs? Though that could have been difficult with the 14-54?
It might have been nice to see more shots of the fires, perhaps CUs? Though that could have been difficult with the 14-54?
ericksonpost
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Yeah, the fire was a little far away for the lens I have. Maybe I'll do a waterfire redux when I have a good telephoto lens. Or maybe an 85mm prime might work...