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Face to Face: Rick Sammon's Complete Guide to Photographing People
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Face to Face: Rick Sammon's Complete Guide to Photographing People

by Rick Sammon
May 2008
Beginner content levelBeginner
304 pages
6h 31m
English
O'Reilly Media, Inc.
Content preview from Face to Face: Rick Sammon's Complete Guide to Photographing People
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See the Color of Light
In addition to seeing the different light levels on
stage, you need to deal with how spotlights affect
the color of the performers. The color of light can
change from scene to scene, which would mean
that if you wanted 100% accurate color, you’d have
to set the white balance on your camera manually
for each scene, which for most people, including
me, is impractical. So, although I rarely recom-
mend using the automatic white balance setting,
it’s a good choice for stage shooting.
Of course, you can change the color of your im-
age in Photoshop or in your RAW processing
program—warming up or cooling off a picture to
your liking.
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I’d like to leave you with a final tip. Most people
go to a performance to enjoy the show. Try your
hardest to be unobtrusive. Otherwise, like a bad
performer, you may get booed!
Separate the Subjects
In photography, as in life, timing is everything.
When several performers are on stage, it’s im-
portant to have some separation between them
so that they don’t get “lost” in each other. Setting
your camera on rapid frame advance, anticipating
where a subject or subjects will be, and taking lots
of pictures helps, as does shooting at exactly
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