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Old 11-20-2005, 11:57 PM   #1
Joan Breckwoldt Joan Breckwoldt is offline
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Strong shadows like these?




This is a photo I took in my portrait class of our model. Nice strong shadows, but again, she's pretty red. I just took this snapshot so I could finish the portrait at home, used my Canon PoswerShot S30. I don't know what kind of lighting is used in the studio where I take classes, I don't think the bulbs are anything fancy.

Are these the kind of strong shadows necessary to get good form?

thanks again,

Joan

Sorry about all the posts.
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Old 11-21-2005, 08:34 AM   #2
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Hi Joan -

I don't have much time to write this morning, but a quick question:

Does your camera allow you a way to change your white balance? I have a powershot, an older model, and it has a place where I can adjust it according to the lighting situation - incandescent, sunny day, cloudy day, automatic, etc. Even do your own balance, which I admit I haven't learned to do yet.

That may be your problem.
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