Senior Prom

[MonkeyWrench]

My son and his date. Typical pre prom pics. I was hoping someone could give me a tip on taking pictures of white clothing. I had a horrible time with my son's white tux not getting blown out. I would also like to share that they were both great sports as I snapped away changing lenses and locations. AND YES THEY GROW UP WAY TO FAST.

If possible coud a mod correct my spelling of senior in the title. Thanks....:blush2:

[Frog]

I'd think the trouble would be under exposure with auto settings like you get with snow.
I notice it seems a bit yellowish while his shirt and her dress are white.
I'm sure some experts here can tell you.
Nice memory shots.

[schrackman]

It looks to me like you used your on-board flash, judging from the shadows in the second photo and the yellowing of the whites.

If you don't have studio lights then it's always better in these situations to use an external flash and bounce the light off the ceiling rather than straight on your subject. Or, you can buy one of those mini softboxes and attach it to the external flash to soften and diffuse the light while shooting directly at your subject.

You should also get in the habit of shooting raw, that is, if don't already and your camera possesses that ability. This way you can adjust the image for proper white balance in your image editing software.

[MonkeyWrench]

I'd think the trouble would be under exposure with auto settings like you get with snow.
I notice it seems a bit yellowish while his shirt and her dress are white.
I'm sure some experts here can tell you.
Nice memory shots.

Your right about the auto settings. I still do not have the confidence to abandon them altogether. Hopefully oneday. I am taking a class this summer that focuses on learning the manual settings on your camera. That should help.

[MonkeyWrench]

It looks to me like you used your on-board flash, judging from the shadows in the second photo and the yellowing of the whites.

If you don't have studio lights then it's always better in these situations to use an external flash and bounce the light off the ceiling rather than straight on your subject. Or, you can buy one of those mini softboxes and attach it to the external flash to soften and diffuse the light while shooting directly at your subject.

You should also get in the habit of shooting raw, that is, if don't already and your camera possesses that ability. This way you can adjust the image for proper white balance in your image editing software.

Thanks for the tips. You are right about the on-board-flash. The Canon Speedlite 430EX flash is high on my wish list. Along with getting more comfortable with using my manual settings on my camera I have even more ground to break when it comes to post processing. I have not done anytihing yet with RAW files. That will be a new frontier for sure.