I’ve come to love photo shoots indoors, using natural light and the intimate environment of a couple’s home. I like both the change up and the challenge it offers. A question came through my Inbox pertaining to the recent shoot I did of Bonny, Adam & baby Theo…
I absolutely adore your photos from your last session, “Baby Theo” – the lighting and focusing is just perfect. Would you mind me telling me what lens you used and maybe even a few examples of the settings for a few photos?
We actually faced some less-than-perfect lighting conditions during this shoot, especially as the weather kept changing from sunny to dark and cloudy. However, we made it work by sticking as close to the window light as possible and I’m incredibly happy with how the photos turned out. It also helped that we had the light coloured walls and white bedding to act as light reflectors. Here are a few examples with lens/iso setting/aperture/shutter speed info, all taken with my Canon 5d MarkII. The image on the left is straight out of the camera, while the image on the right has been edited.
Hope that offers a bit of helpful insight! Feel free to post further questions in the comment section and I’ll do my best to answer. Happy Tuesday!
Life with Kaishon says
What a precious newborn baby.
Emily says
Thanks for this post–especially showing the before and afters. I feel so much more confident trying new techniques indoors now :)
audra says
what awesome knowledge to share….wonderful editing too by the way especially on the last one. i am impressed you got such clarity with such low aperature, i usually am scared to go below 1.8 especially with two subjects, well done. :-)
Ashlee Lenzi Burton says
Thanks so much for this, Mikaela! It’s really helpful! I appreciate you taking the time out to write this post! Would you mind me asking what editing software you use?
Mikaela says
Hi Ashlee! I use Lightroom for all my editing.
Cherie says
Thanks for sharing Mikaela! I have been testing out settings with my new 50mm 1.4 lens indoors and it is good to see the exact settings you use!
Alanna says
wow i am impressed at the ISO settings, i haven’t been comfortable with going that high due to grain but obviously it still works beautifully! thank you for the B&A that was really helpful