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12-05-2010, 07:11 PM | #1 |
Action Jackson ♥ Donating Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Maryland
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| What's the best way to get no red eye and backdrops, etc.... I want to get some 'professional' looking pics with my Canon Rebel XT. I just have the standard lens still but I'm extremely happy with it. I find that indoors tho, Jackson's eyes can sometimes turn out really green or red or whatever. What is the best way to reduce that? When I don't use flash at all, the red eye goes away, but the pics turn out blurry because he either moves, or whatever. It's like a 50/50 chance that indoor pics of the dog are going to have wacky eyes. I am going to take pics of Jackson and my little sister, Emma, together for Christmas pics... do people use sheets for backdrops? If I just had a plain white sheet would that look stupid? Do you think it'd be better to set up a sheet outside so you can't really even tell we're outside, but the natural sunlight would obviously look better most likely. Tips appreciated!
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12-05-2010, 07:53 PM | #2 |
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| the red/green eye is caused by the flash reflecting off his retina so if there's a way you could maybe have someone stand behind you and slightly to the side so that he's not looking directly into the lens but just a bit to the left or right, that would help, just enough one way or the other that it appears he's still looking at the camera but in reality he's looking over your shoulder. Either that or take the picture at a slight angle, again you just want to try to keep from aiming the flash straight into his eyes. |
12-12-2010, 06:21 PM | #3 |
Furbutts = LOVE Donating Member Moderator | Brit...I know camera manuals just generally stink, but check your flash section in the manual bc you should have a red-eye-reduction flash setting. It can make a huge difference. Also, do you have an external flash? Bc the externals (even the sm. portable ones) allow you to 'bounce' the flash. Also, if you like to try to avoid flash (me too) try increasing your ISO - that is a super easy/fast way to decrease your potential need for flash. And then also, also - set your aperture (fstop) WIDE open (and try using Aperture mode).
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12-12-2010, 06:38 PM | #4 |
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| I have a cannon Rebel and it has a red eye function. I have a piece of Black velvet hanging on my wall that i use as a backdrop. I think that using a white sheet would be to much white. I often use cheap clamp lights that they sell in hardware stores and use daylight spot bulbs and then I don't even use the flash. |
12-12-2010, 07:05 PM | #5 |
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| Can you take a photo with sunlight coming into the room? That would probably help a lot to reduce the red-eye effect and it also will enhance your photo. I've always used off-camera flash, since the further the flash is from the lense, the less you have red-eye. Bouncing the flash definitely helps also. Sometimes when I don't want to carry my flash I use the onboard flash, but I definitely see a difference. I love natural light photos, but I use flash a lot, even outdoors to reduce shadows. The problem with the red-eye flash setting is the delay. Jackson is so well-behaved, so it's probably not much of a problem, but often a photo is missed because of the delay of red-eye flash. If you use a backdrop, place your subjects a bit of a distance from it. The photos usually come out better that way. If there are any wrinkles in the backdrop, having it further away will also reduce the amount that you see them.
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12-13-2010, 09:33 AM | #6 | |
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These are great tips, everyone. Thank you, I'm going to try to get some decent Christmas pictures!
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