Hi Mark - appreciate your comments - no I never got to the bottom of the problem. It was the same body - same speedlite with the strobeframe - it appeared in the LCD monitor as focused before I clicked - some came out some not - but it was like a motion blur?
Thanks again.
Barbara
From: "mark@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <mark@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: List for Photo/Imaging Educators - Professionals - Students <photoforum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, August 20, 2011 10:41 AM
Subject: RE: Help - software correction, etc.
As far as viewing the images, if its ok with the couple post some on a website or something like flicker and then post the link.
First of all with 600 images, you might have enough for a solid album even with the clinkers that came about. Focus on what you do have, and not what you don't at first.
Second No software will make a flawed image as good as it would have been had it been captured correctly. It MIGHT help make them acceptable or it may allow you to do some things with them that will hide the flaws. You might put make up on Rin Tin Tin, and the dog might actually look better, but
the animal is still a dog and not Heidi Klum. (Seal I don't have a clue how you did it)
With the ones that have problems, is there anything they have in common? Were they all taken with the same body? The same lens? The same flash? Were they out of focus? How did they "not come out"? You said you tested and had problems before hand, did you ever get the camera working consistently prior to the wedding? If so what changed? Lots of times its helpful to help know what caused the problem in order to know how to solve it. Even if it can't be fixed, at least the mistake can be identified and not repeated.
This situation is why the pros that are good get the big bucks. Weddings are high pressure jobs. With friends its always best to pass, then what you get is icing on the cake.
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Subject: Help - software correction, etc.
From: Redsponger <redsponger@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, August 20, 2011 7:59 am
To: List for Photo/Imaging Educators - Professionals - Students
<photoforum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Dear Group: - you have always been helpful in the past. Now I am in a dilemna. A friend asked me to be the official photographer for her wedding. In the past, I have had friends that would tell me they loved my pics better than their paid photographer - just lucky - anyway - I took my Canon Eos Elan as a backup, my small Casio Exilim digital and my fairly new Canon Rebel T3 - I know my issue is most likely user error - I asked the group if I bought the Rebel, could I still use my Tamron lenses that I bought to use with the Eos Elan - general consensus said yes. I used it several times prior to the wedding - some pics came out - some didn't. At the wedding I had my strobeframe and speedlite - well some pics came out - some didn't . Thought it weird for I always take 2 of same image - one came out - the next might come out as if I was shaking the camera - may I send an example for you to help me troubleshoot ?
Is there a software out there that may allow to recover some of these images? Between the 3 cameras - I took over 600 - so I hope something comes out. Not that it will help me know, but do any of you know a small workshop or class I could take to get on top of the Canon Rebel T3 - never had this kind of problem when I was just using film. Guess I get a little frustrated with the delay, but the upside is as with any digital you can see you pic immediately. My parents gave me my first camera when I was in third grade - a Brownie - since then I have had the opportunity to take pics underwater, video, and in a scientific manner (TEM, SEM, fluorescent). I know I always have much to learn with the new technology.
Appreciate any comments.
Thanks so much
Barbara
P.S. I do have Adobe Photoshop 6.0 (which I use more than Adobe Photoshop CS2) also use Picasa 3 often for quick editing.
