First Snow Practice Session

This was an interesting shoot. I faced several challenges that really forced me to manipulate my manual settings on my camera. My challenges were to produce shots with the lowest amount of "noise" or graininess, set a shutter speed fast enough in low light to eliminate people-blur, and shoot without flash, but still be slow enough to allow light to hit my subjects. Flash will totally ruin studio shooting because it totally lights up the room and overrides the strobes that are being used. Moreover, it flattens faces, etc; so I had to shoot without it. 


So, I employed my low-light zoom lens, tripod, and corded remote. The corded remote prevents even the most subtle movement of the camera when you press the shutter button. Once all these components were in place, I started firing. I continuously pushed the camera settings to try to shoot with an ISO of 400, however, I ended up using 800 for most of the shots. That really doesn't matter if you are only producing small prints because the grain is not as noticeable; however, if you are planning on producing poster shots, a low ISO is required.