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Hello! Thank you for this video, it was very helpful. I have a question? Do you use ONE SHOT, AI FOCUS of AI SERVO when shooting a family with children?
I’d love to see behind the scenes of shoots with you being mic’ed so we can hear how you interact with families and pose them! Of all ages and amounts of people!
I'm new and learning, so I've been learning focus areas. My question is, if there's a group of 4+, why is it better to use center area instead of wide? Because wide will place the green focus dots on several faces right?
I watched & studied this video over the weekend for my FIRST family session of 12 people! I was so so nervous. I only had a 50mm, which you two mention a 55mm so I’m like eh gotta work with what I have! Lol but with following all your steps and using the accurate camera setting, I had such an AMAZING shoot today!!! Everyone LOVED their photos. I am so proud and thankful for this video! Helped a lot
This video was so helpful! I am a videographer wanting to expand my knowledge in photography. This was a perfect exploration when addressing manual settings!! Thanks so much!! 👍🏾 👍🏾 ❤
I’ve watched thousands upon thousands of videos to brush up with new tips and tricks, but I’ve got to say something about this particular video: leave it to two amazing moms to perfectly explain manual settings to a new photographer! Fantastic video, simply beautiful!
Okay I am not joking, I have watched hundreds of videos about shooting in manual and I never understood when to change my f-stop when people gave ranges.... you guys are incredible for explaining the plane of field!! Something that be seem super simple to most photographers can go right over others heads!
I'm a flower/plant photographer who typically only takes macro shots. Today I have a request to take my friends family photos! (Which they were just going to take on their phones). I've taken good single portraits before, never a whole group so that made me nervous 🥲 I got my notes from this video and now I'm excited!!! Thank you so much for sharing these recommendations ❤️
This by far has been the most informative video for what I needed! I struggle with trying to shoot wide open and then forgetting to change my f stop when subjects start moving around for more candid photos
Thanks a ton. I retired from aerospace last August and want to revive/renew my portrait photography business. Even the background images on the wall helped me realize I want my portrait images to be light and bright, not so contrasty. You also reminded me of something I learned many years ago...aperture depends on number of people and where they're placed. Same plane or with front & back rows. Regardless, gotta keep the shutter speed fast enough to remove any motion blur. Yea, people move! 🙂 And they Talk and Laugh too with family, so I usually use a tripod just in case you have to swap a head. Just found you two. BTW, slight accent depicts upper midwest, like Wisconsin or so.
I have a d750 just shooting pics for my child. Well ive been struggling with focusing both my husband and my baby and now I understand why.. thank you!!!
I have been trying to find a photography video that actually pinpoints where the actual camera focal point would go directly on the subject in the photo! Thank you! I would love to still see a visual of the pinpoint focal spot on the subject as well.
Great video. Thank you for all the tips 🙌🏼. I think it can also help to purchase a reflector especially if the subject is back lit. This can help avoid having to increase iso and risking noise in the picture.
Shutter speed is what I struggle with. I tend to get some motion blur especially in low light because my camera is old if I raise the iso too much the noise looks terrible.
I am really enjoying and learning a lot from your videos. Using a mirrorless with a crop sensor, when doubling the lens to set the shutter speed should I double the lens size i.e.56mm or the equivalent 90mm?
Thank you, thank you, I found this video tremendously helpful. Now that I have found your channel, I will be watching your previous videos and hope to understand more. I also have to find a channel that helps me understand the workings of my camera. I have been given a Nikon d7100 and am a bit intimidated by all the different selections it offers. I am excited to learn more and am happy to have found you.
You guys are awesome! Thank you for sharing both process and technical settings. My question. Is how to do find that perfect balance between crisp in focus groups and bokeh in the background. Also what if you have to shoot indoors and space and light is limited. Thanks so much!
Group photos are harder to get the focus in the background and will have less focus. The lower F stop you can go without getting blurry people is the way to go but you still won't see a super blurry background. The closer you stand to your subject the more blur that will happen behind them and the further they are from their background. Shooting indoors is not our strong suit :) We always find window light when we need to shoot indoors. We have free training right now on manual mode if were we dive deep into the things if you are interested in learning more. It's happening next week. e-squared.mykajabi.com/manualmodetraining
Nice crispy presentation. it has resolve basic problems regarding family photos which I was thinking how to solve .hope I will do better next time. stay blessed
Oh wow guys. This video was so easy to understand. Thank you so much. I am a very new photographer, soon will do my first photo shoot. I don't have expensive lenses yet. Will 18-55mm 3.5-5.6G good to start family photography. Can you please give me some tips. Thank you
IshikaSusy absolutely!! That will work just fine. Feel free to shoot us an email or a DM on Instagram @esquared.photography with any specific questions! Thanks for watching.
It seems like at least one thing has to be sacrificed in an "action" shot... or a shot with some movement. If subjects are moving, gotta increase shutter speed. Increasing shutter speed will reduce how much light is captured. If you compensate that with lower aperture, focus might be incorrect. Etc etc. How do you prioritize settings? Do you prioritize F stop and shutter speed, just to correctly capture the subjects, then deal with exposure and other things in post? Thanks!! Great videos.
I've watched a few videos thus far and will continue to overload on your expertise! VERY helpful and easy to understand...I have holiday mini sessions scheduled for tomorrow - 10AM-1:30PM so hopefully I do alright since I literally just heard you say 2 hrs before sunset is best. (sigh)
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Hi this was extremely helpful, sometimes focus keeps looking on the floor instead on people o have to move manuallly on my d3500 but it makes me lose the shot,
You guys are SO helpful! I've watched so many of your videos the last few weeks after stumbling upon you and I just love your content. I've just now getting started out in family photography and so glad to find yall. Any tips for group photos with tall adults and children? Do you almost have to get them in rows?
My biggest problem in portraiture is portraits of families of color. I've done some reading on this and it is apparently a common challenge. Can you tell me the most standard adjustments?
New to photography. I get flustered when I have to switch the settings on the back of the camera. How do you get over that? Practice is probably your answer.
This was so helpful! 😭 I struggle with setting ISO the most and making sure every person is in focus! I use a canon but use a 50mm f/1.8 and 85mm f/1.8! I love those lenses but I struggle getting everyone in bigger families in focus. Y’all made this so easy to understand!
Hello! Wonderfully helpful content! My confusion is with focus mode and area. With family photography, do you use flexible spot lock auto focus? Or others? Thanks!
I have my first engagement/ family shoot at a park this Saturday and kind of nervous! I was worried about getting the perfect sharpness. This video has really helped me ease my nerves. Thank you ladies!! Question!! What if I took a wide family picture of lets say 8 family members in a straight line kind of scattered in a straight line. Where does the focus point go for that situation ?? I've been taught to always try to put the focus point on someone's face.
So I was shooting Christmas photos I have the kit lens 18 to 55 I knew I had to shoot at a higher f-stop to get the whole family in focus but it was too dark inside with my 3.5 lens and I had to put my shutter speed all the way down to one sixtieth of a second to get the correct exposure with my Canon Rebel t7i Maxed out at 1600 ISO without getting super grainy
What is your reasons for not shooting on a say 70 to 200mm? I have had instances where the children are a little nervous about me being in their face and so take some of the candids on the longer lense so not to be too close? Great info on the video.
This video was great and very helpful. I take this as the 3 mains to have down when you get on set. I struggle with posing and getting that aperture look when shooting more than 3 people. Any suggestion on what I'm doing wrong there.
E- Squared Definitely! I would love to see a tutorial of this same process in action to see what you’re thinking/planning as you’re shooting. You guys are great!
