shooting on the beach help

irishcrazyhorse

Hey all,ive done a few shoots on the beach with models before but ive never done one in overcast conditions in the evening!
Any tips on the best way of doing this?
Working with a nikon d70's,sigma 10-20 +nikon 17-55 so what type of settings you think i should be looking at cuz i dont want 2 be pissing about in the rain for 2 long

Borderfox

Take a few test shots first and gauge off these, at least you wont have bright sun to deal with! get as much as you can right before bringing the model into the equation.

ThOnda

Exactly - be glad if you won't have bright sunlight. And if you can bring some assistant with you, with some hot tea and covers, that would be even better. He/she can hold reflective boards and remote flash guns.
Try it with non-model first, exposures, compositions and especially timing - where to get to the beach and what is the last possible time to get shots you want.
That all will help you to set the deal with models.

Oriel

Overcast conditions wth fill flash can have great effects!

JMcL

There's a good video on Strobist here which shows great results with a 2 flash setup

irishcrazyhorse

Thanks for all the advice lads and that video is great!
Shoot didnt go to plan cuz we didnt make it out till it was way 2 late and it was pitch black but I am deffinitly going to try that video technique as that is what i am looking for!

mikeanywhere

Oriel wrote:

Overcast conditions wth fill flash can have great effects!

As Steve says