Riverston high turns 50 follow on 2

[Nikkie]

Ivan and I planned this trip for months now as Ivan was a student at Riverstone high school 48 49 years ago. They had a Reunion from day dot to now. It was a lot of fun for me as well as for Ivan. I have never done Candid shoots before so thought why not give it a try. So now I want CC to help me learn for other times was not sure what I was doing. As it was a high school reunion I was watching out for people that looked like they were in conversation with somebody that may not have seen for years and also for people that just seemed to appeal to me for what ever reason that may be. I have a few but will carry on in another post to make it easier for you to cc me on


1/80 sec; f/11; ISO 100




Even though this lady was not in a conversation some think about her caught my eye. And then she just happen to look up almost like she heard or spotted somebody to me the look on her face tells the story





1/80 sec; f/11; ISO 100

[Nikkie]

thanks to those that looked

[sejac]

Well spotted Sandy. Good focus. Fix up the color at bit.

Forgive me for posting a photo of mine, but it helps to show some of the ideas I want to pass on to you.

I like taking candids too, and a favorite lens for this is a 70-200mm. Using a 200mm lens lets me stand back from the subject, so they are less likely to know I have my eye on them. And using a longer focal length lens at a wide aperture (F4 or larger) gives me a nice OOF background. I don't want distracting, in focus things and other people in the background. In this way, I can isolate the person or subject of the photo from the background.

I really never bother looking for shots out in the bright sun-shine. Faces will be squinting and the shadows will be awful. But that's just me. I usually head for even shade.

To take good candids, you just have to look and look. Look with a photographer's eye. Sit down, and observe what is going on. And anticipate what people may do. And be ready!

My shot was taken at 200mm, f4, 1/250 in shade at 400 ISO. See how the OOF background helps. If the stuff in the background had been in focus, it would have been far too distracting and busy. And see how the subject is isolated from the background.

[Nikkie]

Thank you so much again Charles I have done very little in Candid mostly because Ivan worries about my safety but this was my first real try at doing this I was not even sure If I would be game enough to do but truly loved it and now wanting to do more no Of cause I don't mind you posting your pics seeing is part of learning for me I see how things are/should be done. I was not sure about the blurring out the background in Candid's at all and have read f11 if in doubt I was worried about the colouring as well esp on the shoulder part of the lady's shirt after reading your wonderful CC I went back and had another go at it. This time I left it un-cropped and made a few minor adjustments using levels. I did think about using my 55-300 for the reason's you suggested however thought more about camera shake as well know I would be using hand hold camera and the 18-55 would still give me a tad length as well. thanks again for looking and taking the time to comment and teach me candid