Lenspiration | Gabbi van Baalen | Mentions https://www.lenspiration.com/members/gabbivanbaalen/activity/mentions/ Activity feed mentioning Gabbi van Baalen. Sat, 07 Nov 2026 23:19:56 -0500 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 1fb30e91c69dab6ed0b61262085beace Ernest Lloyd replied to the topic Family photo shoot tips in the forum Photography Q&A https://www.lenspiration.com/forums/topic/family-photo-shoot-tips/#post-43970 Mon, 09 Sep 2019 21:47:16 -0400 Hi @gabbivanbaalen!

I often have my camera set to AUTO because the manual modes often make my photos ”grainy”, though I can’t figure out why.

What you said makes me wonder… is it a really high ISO by any chance that makes your photos grainy when shooting in Manual (M) mode??
Other than that, maybe there’s another setting that is making your…Read more

]]> 1401a1486713b189b631d43a8fd90190 Caitlin Compton replied to the topic Family photo shoot tips in the forum Photography Q&A https://www.lenspiration.com/forums/topic/family-photo-shoot-tips/#post-43590 Thu, 05 Sep 2019 03:38:01 -0400 @gabbivanbaalen

Gabbi! 🙂 Welcome to the forums! I was so delighted (and surprised!) to see one of my friends on here. 🙂

A canola field is a great place to take pictures. The canola is coming out near our place, too. I’m hoping to get a chance to do some landscape photography. 🙂

So, I’m by no means an expert in family portraits, but her…Read more

]]> 3366b80f59ebf25be8c4f7e21f2099c8 Kina Lamb replied to the topic Family photo shoot tips in the forum Photography Q&A https://www.lenspiration.com/forums/topic/family-photo-shoot-tips/#post-43587 Thu, 05 Sep 2019 00:40:12 -0400 @gabbivanbaalen One tip I learned the hard way – if you are trying to make it clear all the way to the edges, don’t set your aperture lower than 8. Aperture affects how much light is let in, yes, but it also affects the ‘depth of field’ and having a lower aperture will make the edges blurry… which is great in many circumstances, but when you’re…Read more

]]> 28c670c7b4668c12e2ec329a82a352f1 Lyd-B replied to the topic Family photo shoot tips in the forum Photography Q&A https://www.lenspiration.com/forums/topic/family-photo-shoot-tips/#post-43568 Wed, 04 Sep 2019 15:56:23 -0400 Welcome to the forums, @gabbivanbaalen!

A couple questions:
– When are you planning to do this photo shoot?
– Is this your family, or another family?
– Tell a little bit about your photography experience. Do you shoot in Manual? What types of photography have you done before?

The Lenspiration ebook “30 Tips for Perfect Family Photos” is…Read more

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