100+ people portrait lighting question

[Buckster]

Got any bleachers or wide stairs nearby?

I'm not sure, does anyone know Belle Isle in the "D" that well? Because I do not.

The fountain has stairs you can use, and the fountain itself (if on) makes for an interesting background.

 

[Edsport]

Here's another idea to get even lighting with 2 rows of 50 people. I have never tried it so this is just an idea, not sure if it will work.

Use the lights you have to light just enough people so that they are all properly lighted (lets say 2 rows of 10 people or 20 etc) then move the lights to the right and set up another 2 rows of 10 people or 20 and take a shot. Keep doing this until you have all 100 people then stitch the photos. If you don't want it to look like a panorama, take shots vertically as well. Just an idea that popped in my head. May or may not work. Don't bash me lol...

 

[zamanakhan]

get 3 cameras with the same lens on em and do a panoramic shot by placing them with 15% overlapping frame, all triggered at the same time, with wireless triggers?

could be done...

 

[kbs]

I appreciate all the ideas because my wife and I plan on using/trying quite a few of them. Some of the ideas people are coming up with would be way over my budget for a free gig though.
So if your advice requires me having a few more thousand dollars worth of gear please include a financial contribution. I'll quickly send you my paypal information.

 

[kbs]

Got any bleachers or wide stairs nearby?

I'm not sure, does anyone know Belle Isle in the "D" that well? Because I do not.

The fountain has stairs you can use, and the fountain itself (if on) makes for an interesting background.

I think that might be my first choice now, thanks Buckster.

 

[Edsport]

get 3 cameras with the same lens on em and do a panoramic shot by placing them with 15% overlapping frame, all triggered at the same time, with wireless triggers?

could be done...

Could be done but won't be even lighting...