Rafterman
No longer a newbie, moving up!
Background on the shoot: http://www.thephotoforum.com/forum/...oting-fashion-show-am-i-missing-anything.html
The lighting was awful for this show. The runway was about 2-1/2 feet high, and the photographers were on the ground. As the models approached the end and posed, we were all so low, that the majority of my shots ended up having the lights from the 20-foot ceiling in the photo. Models had lights either flanking them, or sticking straight out of their heads. I tried my darndest to acquire some sort of box or riser to stand on, but no joy. I did the best I could. We had no space to reposition ourselves for a better angle either. None of the other photographers had much better luck than I did. When I turn in the pics tomorrow, I intend on talking with the organizer about choosing a better location for next year's show. The 17-55 f/2.8 I rented was a bit too wide (as many people had suggested, and I ignored), so I shot pretty much the entire show with my 85mm 1.8D lens. Next year, a 70-200 2.8 will be the lens of choice for sure.
Here's a few of the nicer ones where I was able to avoid the ceiling lights. C&C please if you'd be so kind.
1. 2. 3. 4.
And one shot to show the bad lighting.
Just in case anyone was curious, I used a shoe mount flash with a Stofen diffuser, and shot in aperture priority mode at around f/2 to f/2.8 with continuous servo focus limited to 21-points.
The lighting was awful for this show. The runway was about 2-1/2 feet high, and the photographers were on the ground. As the models approached the end and posed, we were all so low, that the majority of my shots ended up having the lights from the 20-foot ceiling in the photo. Models had lights either flanking them, or sticking straight out of their heads. I tried my darndest to acquire some sort of box or riser to stand on, but no joy. I did the best I could. We had no space to reposition ourselves for a better angle either. None of the other photographers had much better luck than I did. When I turn in the pics tomorrow, I intend on talking with the organizer about choosing a better location for next year's show. The 17-55 f/2.8 I rented was a bit too wide (as many people had suggested, and I ignored), so I shot pretty much the entire show with my 85mm 1.8D lens. Next year, a 70-200 2.8 will be the lens of choice for sure.
Here's a few of the nicer ones where I was able to avoid the ceiling lights. C&C please if you'd be so kind.
1. 2. 3. 4.
And one shot to show the bad lighting.
Just in case anyone was curious, I used a shoe mount flash with a Stofen diffuser, and shot in aperture priority mode at around f/2 to f/2.8 with continuous servo focus limited to 21-points.
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