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Behind The Lens
Location
This photo was taken just minutes from my house at a place called Mildenhall woods. Mildenhall woods, is an area that the public can walk, there is heath land, forests and even a river.Time
This was taken about an hour before sunset, although it was a typical English autumn day and the sun did not actually make an appearance, it was grey and overcast, so I added some warmth in photoshop.Lighting
Being that it was overcast the light was quite flat, the clouds were quite thin so we were getting enough light to shoot, and it gave her some lovely catchlights in her eyesEquipment
This was taken with my Canon 70-200L 2.8 (which is now almost 10 years old!) and my Canon 70d. My settings were: 145mm 1/250 F2.8 and ISO400Inspiration
There was a dress for sale on one of the local sale groups on facebook. It was a beautiful blue dress that was way out of my price range, so I commented that I would love to take a photo of it, with who ever owns it being the model. This led to an awesome shoot with the dresses original owner.Editing
I used photoshop CC to add some warmth to the photo, as well as dodge and burn, I finished with noise reduction and sharpening.In my camera bag
I have a 17-40L which is my favorite walk about lens. a sigma 30mm 1.4 which I bought long before sigma brought out the new art lenses, Its a little wide on a crop sensor and gives some distortion, but I still use it alot for portraits. My favorite is the 70-200, although I do struggle with the weight and motion blur, I have to really shoot with a fast shutter speed. I also have my camera, the 70d and Ill often bring a flash, stand and umbrella, just incase I need some extra light or want to make things a little dramatic.Feedback
For me the depth of field in this photo is what makes this photo amazing to me. The best way to get that dreamy amazing blur is to have the subject stand far from the background and use the longest lens possible, with the widest aperture possible. Although I used an "fancy lens" you can still get great results when zooming in with the cheaper 70-300 and shooting at F5, you just have to have that distance between subject and the background.
