Photographing a campfire scene, need some advice please

9 years 7 months ago #402244 by Johan Alonso
I've been hired by some friends to come along with them on a yearly camping trip this weekend to photograph them through out the weekend.  I know there will be campfires at night.  What is the best way to photograph a campfire scene with natural light so that the people who are standing around it are infocus and colored correctly along with the campfire.  I'm visualizing I'm standing on the other side of it, shooting through the fire at everyone.   

I appreciate the advice.  

Johan


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9 years 7 months ago #402335 by KCook
I'm confused.  At night the "natural light" from the campfire will be the same as the flames, yellowish.  So the correct natural light color for the people will also be yellowish.  Shoot with RAW and fuss over the colors later in post.

Kelly

Canon 50D, Olympus PL2
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9 years 7 months ago #402383 by Joves
If you plan on shooting in straight Jpeg then leave it on sunny. Well just leave it in the sunny WB either way. It will show up as a orange yellow cast.


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9 years 7 months ago #402390 by Don Fischer
Might be a bit rude but use a good flash. Shows off the people and the fire and leaves the background black. If you do it with a sunset, you'll see the objects with the sunset behind.


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