Covering a Conference - Basics

[Goldeeno]

I was wondering if you guys could offer some advice on shooting and covering a conference type event.

I was woundering if you normally use a flash these events, they are normally quite well lit anyway, and i know from a previous times i had alot of red eye, how can i avoid this?

Also there comes to the matter of cost. What would an Ametuer charge for covering something liek for 2 days. They wanted images for a website, so photos of the speaker and then of general interacting of the guests and speakers.

 

[Big Mike]

I was woundering if you normally use a flash these events, they are normally quite well lit anyway

Unless they are outdoors in the day time...they are probably not as well lit as you think. I would certainly use flash unless it was a distraction to what was going on.

and i know from a previous times i had alot of red eye, how can i avoid this?

Red eye is caused by light reflecting off of a person's retina and back to the lens. This happens when the flash is close to the lens.
The way to avoid this, is not to use a camera's built-in flash...but use a hot shoe flash above the camera or even higher up on a bracket. Or even better, get the flash completely off of the camera...or bounce the light off of something like a ceiling or wall.

 

[JIP]

As far as what you should charge goes, you probably need enough to pay for the flash, Ttl cord and, bracket you will have to buy to cover this event properly. I think you really should also have ay least 1 2.8 lens if not multiples to cover the different situations you will be shooting. I agree with Mike in that no matter how bright you think things are it is not bright enough to shoot without a flash and a fast lens.