Again, going by my experience having my photo taken a dozen times
while I was in school, the photographer brought along a stool, a
white roll paper backdrop with stands to hold it up, the long roll
film camera and one light stand with an umbrella. The light wasn't
even a strobe.
The umbrella light was up above the camera on the side opposite
from the viewfinder. The photographer had maybe 2 minutes to take
photos of each student.
Group photos were taken outside on the entry steps. (all of the
schools I attended were in those old WPA brick buildings.)
I expect the photographer who represented the company used pretty
much this same setup, except that the camera was a Canon Digital &
the light was Alien Bees or the like.
On 2/21/2018 09:12, Igor PDML-StR wrote:
PS. And one more question: As Larry concluded as well, - it looks
like the photographer used an on-camera flash, most likely direct one
(not bounced).
So, is it unreasonable to expect something like a couple of umbrella
or soft-box lights for this type of photographs?
We are talking about a school with 600+ students, so, roughly 30+
groups to photograph and all the individual photos. These numbers
tell me that given the volume, a good light set-up is warranted. (I
can see that a photographer might be too lazy to bring and set up
much of equipment for for just 1-2 groups).
Igor
Larry Colen Tue, 20 Feb 2018 23:14:26 -0800 wrote:
Igor PDML-StR wrote:
So, here comes my question: On this year photograph, I see two kids
with their eyes closed, and three with their eyes not visible at
all because their glasses were totally covered by the flash
reflection. So, 5 out of 19 kids (and 3 teachers) have their eyes
not visible. Do you think this is normal?
I suspect that their low paid photographers don't know their craft,
and possibly even have to supply their own equipment. That sounds to
me like someone who uses an on camera flash with a pre-strobe which
causes a lot of kids to blink just in time for the photo.
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