Comments on: Vicki & Simon // Harrogate Wedding at The Old Swan • by Barnaby Aldrick

By: Barnaby Aldrick

Barnaby Aldrick — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 21:23:24 +0000

Cheers Mike! Very kind of you to say so. B

By: Mike Galley

Mike Galley — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 21:08:02 +0000

Fantastic Barnaby I do like your work, I Love the shot of the old gent in the chair.

By: Simon

Simon — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 14:33:38 +0000

That’s very clever, I hope my D700 can do that too, cheers again B. Sorry to turn the comments in to flash-nerdsville, back to your photos…

By: Barnaby Aldrick

Barnaby Aldrick — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 13:23:19 +0000

Why thank you my darlin! Thought you’d like the vintaginess. Ta for the love! x

By: Olivia Brabbs

Olivia Brabbs — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 13:15:46 +0000

Beautiful work Barnaby… Love the vintage theme and all the personal touches.

By: Barnaby Aldrick

Barnaby Aldrick — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 13:07:00 +0000

I use the AF-ON button on my 5DmkII to focus too, and the shutter only to meter & shoot. Once you flash meter it stays in the memory for 10 secs; so generally I flash meter with the central focal point>focus>recompose & snap.

By: Simon

Simon — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 12:14:15 +0000

Thanks a lot for the tips, I’ll have a fiddle around with mine and see how it works out. I use the back button to focus, so it will take some nifty thumbmanship…

By: Barnaby Aldrick

Barnaby Aldrick — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 11:16:52 +0000

It’s all about the ‘Flash Exposure Lock’ with canon flashguns. In the same way you’d spot meter & recompose, you flash meter (same * button) off a neutral part of the scene, with subject over the middle focus point (flash can be on or off camera, ideally pointing towards a white roof/wall) and then it sends the correct flash to light the subject. If you’ve set the exposure for ambient (eg 1/40 @ 800ISO, to get some ambient exposure), the flash lights the subject accordingly. Once you start flash metering, flash becomes a hell of a lot less random!

By: Simon

Simon — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 10:47:58 +0000

Aha never seen those before. I’ve never tried spot metering with flash before – must give that a try. I guess you must have to move the focus point manually over the face, rather than centre-spot-and-recompose, or it wouldn’t work?

By: Barnaby Aldrick

Barnaby Aldrick — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 10:08:50 +0000

That’s a Canon ST-E2 wireless flash transmitter. It triggers my flashguns, which I’ll put around the room when the light is low. I’ll have used it for the Grandad shot too; placing the flash off camera, pointing up to bounce off the roof & using the ST-E2 to spot meter off Grandad face. Cheers for the comment.