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- ivanov, on 10/11/2007, -6/+16213a. Learn to spell 'lens cap'.
- seeversjm, on 10/11/2007, -20/+10213. Take off lense cap.
- BooChihuahua, on 10/11/2007, -6/+47Next tip:
Shoot from above down on women so you can see their cleavage. - ivanisavich, on 10/11/2007, -3/+39That last photo is friggin great! What a neat technique!
- wisie, on 10/11/2007, -0/+32http://tjhole.com/portfolio/small-planet-tutorial/ Tutorial to the shot at the bottom
- godfly, on 10/11/2007, -1/+30I put on my strobe and wizard flash
- iashraf, on 10/11/2007, -0/+17For people who want to see more using the same technique as the last photo
http://www.flickr.com/groups/43428515@N00/pool/ - gotchaduke, on 10/11/2007, -5/+22Cool tip
- ElFredo, on 10/11/2007, -3/+1814. Take several crappy shoots and use GroupShot to build a composite:
http://research.microsoft.com/projects/GroupShot/
If you ever tried to take a group picture of a bunch of screaming and jumping kids, GroupShot is a godsend. - csrster, on 10/11/2007, -2/+16Or shoot from underneath so you can see if they're wearing knickers.
- carolinaws, on 10/11/2007, -0/+13Million of years ago in high school when we used film cameras my photography instructor shared a very valuable piece of advice with me:
"Give your group subjects a countdown, 3-2-1. Shoot on 2."
Works every time. By the time you get to 1 someone will be blinking. - gotadobo119, on 10/11/2007, -2/+14@BobTurtle
Next time I'll just digg it. Thanks for the tip! - habitat2050, on 10/11/2007, -0/+10@cw1242
I like how get the feel of everyones personality; great shot. - xabstract, on 10/11/2007, -2/+12that picture at the bottom is pretty sick, haven't seen that shot before
- mikesbaker, on 10/11/2007, -2/+11I am digg his comment up just because you don't know where the caps lock key is. And its seems that you could have just hit bury and left the flaming out of it.
- BritishGolgo13, on 10/11/2007, -3/+12Those guys in pic 2 have their hands on the girls' asses.
- wyrdness, on 10/11/2007, -0/+8I was at a wedding recently where the photographer asked everyone to close their eyes before group shots and only to open them when he told them to. So when everyone opened their eyes, they were all looking at the camera, with wide open eyes and not blinking.
- rendereduseless, on 10/11/2007, -1/+8@ bobturtle
couldn't you have just said something that wouldn't make you look like a stupid little bitch...
i mean if your going to make fun of somebody, try to look smart, and lose the caps because instead of emphasizing your anger or his stupidity it makes you look like a dumbass who uses caps too much, and i think everybody hates caps anyway - inactive, on 10/11/2007, -3/+10I always thought drunken pictures were much funnier and better, than 'boring' photos.
- Ecco2, on 10/11/2007, -1/+8Nice tutorial, but the picture in the article clearly wasn't made this way (just look at the center). In the article, the dude's using an ultra-wide angle lens. Yet the idea's the same :-)
- projecktzero, on 10/11/2007, -0/+6One of my favorite group shots was having no one look at the camera. It came out pretty cool.
- StinkyHobo, on 10/11/2007, -0/+6I really like the pic of the hangover dudes, by EssPea. Very clever. Of course, it'd be better in black & white. (jk)
- cogitocogito, on 10/11/2007, -1/+7In Manhattan, there aren't any wedding photographers anymore. They're all "photojournalists" who want 4-8K to snap a few pictures.
- Error601, on 10/11/2007, -0/+5Have someone next to you flash the group just before taking the picture. Everything will be looking in the same direction.
- maninalift, on 10/11/2007, -0/+5AKA How to take photos that look like they've been taken by a professional photographer
Full of photographic cliché, "the fun one", cheesy set-up poses etc.
If you want to compose an image that will look good just apply the same principals as you would to composing any visual image whether painting or photograph. Simple.
Most of the time though you just want a group photo so that you can look back and identify everyone, you want people clearly visible and looking themselves. - Coffeedemon, on 10/11/2007, -0/+5You seriously need that to figure out how to focus your camera on a face? Use the focus indicator to achieve focus where the contrast is highest (ie where the white of the eye meets the skin of the face) - lock focus, reposition and shoot... or learn how depth of field works and choose one that will get all of the faces in the plane in focus even if they don't look in focus in the viewfinder prior to shot.
- zadadka, on 10/11/2007, -1/+6rtfa
- inspecality, on 10/11/2007, -2/+7No it's three steps and it is from the South Park underwear gnomes. It went something like:
1. Collect underwear.
2. ???
3. Profit! - cffury13, on 10/11/2007, -7/+1115. Hire a professional
- cw1242, on 10/11/2007, -6/+1016. Skip all previous steps and do this.
http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=581382776&size=o - ciotog, on 10/11/2007, -0/+4@Ecco2 Any useful reading around this technique that you could suggest, please?
- ahawks, on 10/11/2007, -1/+3I'm no portrait/group photographer... but it seems like there would be a fine balance.
Enough alcohol to get everyone easy going and smiling...
But not enough to make their eyes droop and their mouths hang open. - xxenclavexx, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2Cool stuff that may seem obvious once you hear it, very practical
- DraconWolf, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2@ivanov
You DO know that "lense" is a correct way of spelling it, right? It can be spelled either way... - godfly, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2Thank you so much for sharing this =)
- kamikaze87, on 10/11/2007, -2/+43 steps not 7. You lose.
- fantasticjon, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1Yeah, good option of you don't want the copyright to your own photos.
Don't get me wrong. There are some talented photographers out there who do amazing work and have forgotten more about photography than I will ever know.
But why do they need the copyright to your wedding pictures. They sure as hell are not going to print them to give as christmas gifts. Its for one reason only, so they can assrape you every time you want a print for great aunt ethel. ... on top of the $3000 you already paid them to show up and shoot the pictures. I will never (and never have) hire a photographer who will not relinquish the "copyright" to the photos I paid him to take of my event. that is asinine. - mikesbaker, on 10/11/2007, -1/+2i stand corrected
- muffinmanpoo, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1"---MH (1968-2005)"
Umm, are you dead? - qbkooky, on 10/11/2007, -1/+2This is a good trick - I use it all the time.
It's also helpful when taking pictures with someone else's camera, because some take longer to take the picture after pressing the button... much better to take it a second too early then to sit there while people are posing saying "wait... hold on.... don't move...." - slapthemonkey, on 10/11/2007, -1/+2Hire a professional, good option!!
- freakout1, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1I really like that last picture on the page, I've never seen it before and it's cool
- focus242, on 10/11/2007, -0/+0and be sure to spell/grammar check your howto document..
- fantasticjon, on 10/11/2007, -1/+1What's the origin of that meme where people say.
"I'm in your WhateverZ, Doing Somethin or Stealinz something"
Whatever. You know the one. What is that from? - mattprice, on 10/11/2007, -1/+1@fantasticjon (#7310237)
Real-time strategy games such as Command and Conquer & Starcraft, according to Encyclopedia Dramatica.
http://www.encyclopediadramatica.com/I_am_in_your_base_killing_your_d00ds - RezzedOut, on 10/11/2007, -0/+0Whenever someone wants to take a group picture, I always arrange us in clockwise order so we are easier to identify.---MH (1968-2005)
- fangorious, on 10/11/2007, -0/+0It's really easy to say at the onset that it's a work for hire and you're going to keep the negatives. Just write it into the contract and that's the end of it. That's what I did, no hassle involved.
- fantasticjon, on 10/11/2007, -1/+1Dammit, wrong spot. oh, well, the question still stands.
- radam, on 10/11/2007, -2/+1Sometimes I've wondered if that was the actual reason why websites like MySpace are so popular.
- Longshorts, on 10/11/2007, -5/+415b. Do it yourself or get a friend. Its free.
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