Hi Peter,
Skip has already commented much as I would have, but I'd add my own
experience's 2c by recommending:
( I know you only asked about filters, but....)
1. Use natural lighting, place the baby near a big, bright window and use a
reflector on the other side if necessary.
2. Take the photos in the baby's own environment, such as their room, which
generally are bright and cheerful. Much more pleasing of a look than if you
did it in another room of the house.
3. Don't forget to include shots of the mother holding or somehow interacting
with the baby.
4. I personally do not like to use flash with a baby, unless you have the
time and space and equipment to properly set it up for 'fill' only.
You may already know all this, or even have a studio, I don't know. Apologies
if I'm stating the obvious....Let us know how it turns out. Babies can be the
best subjects, and also the most difficult. Make sure he/she took their nap
that day, if not, don't even try to start the 'session' that day, and wait
for tomorrow!
Best,
George S.
Skip wrote:
> 1) Slower film would be better, Delta 100 or such. They'd also help give
> you wider f/stops for nice out-of-focus backgrounds. I wouldn't use
> filters for people.
>
> 2) Many shutters trail at the upper speeds. Those are the first speeds to
> get out of whack due to the low tolerance for adjustments, narrow slit
> width, and high tension. But your comment is most likely individual sample
> variation. The horizontally travelling shutter of the OM-4Ti is right at
> its upper design limit at 1/2000. All the 1/4000-1/12000 shutters are
> vertically travelling metal shutters. It was a shame that Olympus never
> moved to that higher speed design. It would have given us a 1/125 or 1/250
> synch speed. Maybe John H could shed some light on this high-speed trailing?
>
> Skip
>
> At 12:54 PM 4/2/01 +0000, you wrote:
> >Hi from a sunny (at last) London. Two questions:
> >
> >1) A friend has asked me to take some b&w shots of her 6 month old baby -
> >I havn't done b&w of people for a long time; what filter is best for baby
> >skin tones?
> >(I'll be sticking to my fav, ilford FP4+, film)
> >
> >2) Was chatting to a wonderbrick owner whose toy has a max shutter of
> >1/8000. It triggered a memory of a review in a UK photo mag (practical
> >photography, early 93 I think) of the OM4Ti. The review stated that the
> >shutter just couldn't make 1/2000, in reality it was 1/1100 ish. Can
> >anyone confirm this?
> >
> >Cheers
> >
> >Pete
> >
> >ps - Lex; come back; Skip don't leave
> >
> >pps - mandatory ebay content; oops wrong list......... :-)
> >
>
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