Comments for Richard Liston Photography http://richardliston.com/blog Simply great wedding and portrait photography from Kent and London-based photographer, Richard Liston Mon, 11 Oct 2010 15:55:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Comment on New Portrait and lighting workshop – Starts Nov 16 by Diana Parusheva http://richardliston.com/blog/portrait-and-lighting-workshop/#comment-1436 Diana Parusheva Mon, 11 Oct 2010 15:55:34 +0000 http://richardliston.com/blog/?p=667#comment-1436 I am interested in the six-week studio lighting workshop, would you please advice where I can get more information, fee and availability. Thanks Diana I am interested in the six-week studio lighting workshop, would you please advice where I can get more information, fee and availability.

Thanks
Diana

]]> Comment on Portrait Blog April 2010 – Using a light meter by Leon http://richardliston.com/blog/portrait-blog-april-2010/#comment-1393 Leon Wed, 19 May 2010 22:18:01 +0000 http://richardliston.com/blog/?p=593#comment-1393 Hi Richard, Sorry I couldn't get involved in tonight's class mixing ambient with flash, looked like a lot of fun. Cheers, Leon Ps. Thanks for posting my shot. Hi Richard,

Sorry I couldn’t get involved in tonight’s class mixing ambient with flash, looked like a lot of fun.

Cheers,

Leon

Ps. Thanks for posting my shot.

]]> Comment on Canon 5D Mark 11: Poor AF or user error? by Tony Presland http://richardliston.com/blog/canon-5d-mark-11-poor-af-or-user-error/#comment-1308 Tony Presland Wed, 17 Feb 2010 18:24:53 +0000 http://richardliston.com/blog/?p=493#comment-1308 If time / brain allows I normally shoot with a single focus point selected (usually an outer one) so that this is around the eye region when shooting a vertical portrait. This seems to work most of the time. Also need to think about how much contrast around the focus area - should not have been a problem for this situation. Either way I got a fair few less than perfect shots and I certainly can't claim lack of chance to learn the camera :-) If time / brain allows I normally shoot with a single focus point selected (usually an outer one) so that this is around the eye region when shooting a vertical portrait. This seems to work most of the time.

Also need to think about how much contrast around the focus area – should not have been a problem for this situation.

Either way I got a fair few less than perfect shots and I certainly can’t claim lack of chance to learn the camera :-)

]]> Comment on Portrait Blog February 2010 – studio flash with wide apertures by admin http://richardliston.com/blog/portrait-blog-february-2010-studio-flash-with-wide-apertures/#comment-1307 admin Wed, 17 Feb 2010 17:36:51 +0000 http://richardliston.com/blog/?p=517#comment-1307 Hi Mark. I usually leave comments of what's coming up on the blog; sometimes not as early as I'd like. But you'll notice that March's session is already listed on the end of this month's blog. But I appreciate your comments and will try to be more efficient in the future. The studio facility isn't always the fastest because the newsletter has to go to press so far ahead of time. Keep an eye on the blog. Hi Mark. I usually leave comments of what’s coming up on the blog; sometimes not as early as I’d like. But you’ll notice that March’s session is already listed on the end of this month’s blog. But I appreciate your comments and will try to be more efficient in the future. The studio facility isn’t always the fastest because the newsletter has to go to press so far ahead of time. Keep an eye on the blog.

]]> Comment on Portrait Blog February 2010 – studio flash with wide apertures by Mark Mitchell http://richardliston.com/blog/portrait-blog-february-2010-studio-flash-with-wide-apertures/#comment-1306 Mark Mitchell Wed, 17 Feb 2010 11:28:36 +0000 http://richardliston.com/blog/?p=517#comment-1306 What would have been useful was some warning that we'd be working with wide apertures -- I would have brought along a better selection of lenses and ND filters, as appropriate. Preparation is important. Perhaps you could post details like this on this blog, in future, and specifically direct people to it via the studio publicity? What would have been useful was some warning that we’d be working with wide apertures — I would have brought along a better selection of lenses and ND filters, as appropriate. Preparation is important. Perhaps you could post details like this on this blog, in future, and specifically direct people to it via the studio publicity?

]]> Comment on Canon 5D Mark 11: Poor AF or user error? by Mark Mitchell http://richardliston.com/blog/canon-5d-mark-11-poor-af-or-user-error/#comment-1305 Mark Mitchell Wed, 17 Feb 2010 11:19:00 +0000 http://richardliston.com/blog/?p=493#comment-1305 Doesn't this point to the old saw that the more automatic the camera, the less the human is inclined to understand the mechanics of photography? Even if a modern camera does have manual settings there's a huge attraction is just letting the technology get on with it. Your observation that this particular camera's bad rep is probabaly down to poor choices by the photographer rings true. I'd like to know how many dSLR owners choose anything other than the default pattern (to say nothing of leaving the thing welded to auto-white balance rather than making a more nuanced choice). But I don't think that camera manufacturers help with the issue of focus, in particular. What I'd really like is a split-prism type manual focus aid which (correct me if I'm wrong) just isn't available on most dSLRs. Simply selecting a different pattern doesn't cut it, in my opinion. Many lenses, too, don't offer a big old rubberised focus-ring Doesn’t this point to the old saw that the more automatic the camera, the less the human is inclined to understand the mechanics of photography? Even if a modern camera does have manual settings there’s a huge attraction is just letting the technology get on with it. Your observation that this particular camera’s bad rep is probabaly down to poor choices by the photographer rings true. I’d like to know how many dSLR owners choose anything other than the default pattern (to say nothing of leaving the thing welded to auto-white balance rather than making a more nuanced choice).

But I don’t think that camera manufacturers help with the issue of focus, in particular. What I’d really like is a split-prism type manual focus aid which (correct me if I’m wrong) just isn’t available on most dSLRs. Simply selecting a different pattern doesn’t cut it, in my opinion. Many lenses, too, don’t offer a big old rubberised focus-ring

]]> Comment on Portrait Blog January 2010 – Hollywood Lighting by Paul http://richardliston.com/blog/portrait-group-january-2010-hollywood-lighting/#comment-1210 Paul Wed, 20 Jan 2010 17:21:12 +0000 http://richardliston.com/blog/?p=476#comment-1210 Hi Richard, just come across you're blog, can anyone come along to the Portrait group / workshops? If so when will the next one be please? Kind regards paul Hi Richard, just come across you’re blog, can anyone come along to the Portrait group / workshops?
If so when will the next one be please?

Kind regards

paul

]]> Comment on Portrait Blog January 2010 – Hollywood Lighting by Darkmans Darkroom http://richardliston.com/blog/portrait-group-january-2010-hollywood-lighting/#comment-1206 Darkmans Darkroom Wed, 20 Jan 2010 04:01:22 +0000 http://richardliston.com/blog/?p=476#comment-1206 "Why not use a honeycomb grid? Simply because the quality of light is not as good." Thank You, finally someone gets it... Fresnel Lighting has a hard yet softness about it that cannot be gotten with strobes. I am a purist, go figure. :) Nice post, thanks for sharing. “Why not use a honeycomb grid? Simply because the quality of light is not as good.”

Thank You, finally someone gets it…
Fresnel Lighting has a hard yet softness about it that cannot be gotten with strobes. I am a purist, go figure. :)
Nice post, thanks for sharing.

]]> Comment on Posing workshop – 29 November 2009 by Tony Presland http://richardliston.com/blog/posing-workshop-29-november-2009/#comment-883 Tony Presland Wed, 02 Dec 2009 16:24:59 +0000 http://richardliston.com/blog/?p=459#comment-883 Thanks for today - I had a lot of fun and hopefully learnt something along the way. Would be great to do it again soon Tony Thanks for today – I had a lot of fun and hopefully learnt something along the way. Would be great to do it again soon
Tony

]]> Comment on Portrait Blog November 2009 – Three-point lighting by Ania Lucyga http://richardliston.com/blog/portrait-group-november-2009-three-point-lighting/#comment-811 Ania Lucyga Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:24:08 +0000 http://richardliston.com/blog/?p=403#comment-811 Thanks again for the last Portrait Group - I have enjoyed it a lot and Lydia is a great model to work with, though I need to learn and get used to directing the model more. Thanks again for the last Portrait Group – I have enjoyed it a lot and Lydia is a great model to work with, though I need to learn and get used to directing the model more.

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