The Dam
I finally got a minute to run out to the dam and try my new variable ND filter in a landscape scenario. But of course, the water at the Dam was nearly glass anyways. Just my luck… But I took the kids and did a few long exposure setups in an effort to really blur the water and make it look dreamy. Many of the photos were shot at f/22 and upwards of 6 seconds! Not too shabby. We’ll have to try it again on a day where there is mucho waves. Thinking ahead though, I threw a little flash setup into the truck last minute. Actually it was my beastly new C-Stand and Photoflex NXT Octodome – I love this new stand! I was able to put the light right over head of the kids and blast ’em without worry of the thing tipping over. It’s so sweet! Even though it was a bicep buster hauling it up and down the bank at the dam. My favourite image of the night is the one I put at the top of this blog post. Ethan was facing opposite to the light, but it captured the fun of the evening!
Hi Jason,
Cool shots and nice article.
Can I ask you for camera and flash settings for the portraits? And what ND filter did you use for them?
Thanks,
Marcin
September 4, 2019 at 7:20 am
Hi! I was using a GENUS brand variable ND filter. The portrait settings for the camera was ISO 100 1/250 f/5.6 Camera: Nikon D300s Lens: Nikon 16-35mm f/4. The flash settings I don’t have recorded, but I would guess these were Nikon SB-600 flash in manual mode, probably around 1/4 – 1/8th power. Hope this helps! Sorry for the delay in response!
September 12, 2019 at 2:53 pm