jjd228
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This is going to be an annoying post
I'm going to a convention tomorrow night. My wife is one of the featured models so I'm bringing a camera to take as many shots as I can of her and the rest of the convention. It's being held in a very big hotel/convention center so as you might imagine there will be several aisles with hundreds of booths and exhibits. Most of the areas will be well lit but there will also be some exhibits with less light due to the nature of the convention. I'll be photographing mostly people - people posing with models etc. As I'll be walking around and every shot will be different than the last, I can't imagine how manual mode would be a good choice. So here come the annoying questions :blushing:
If you're kind enough to answer, please do so from the standpoint of what YOU would do, based on the information I have provided above. I would like to have a good settings starting point based on feedback from people that have much more knowledge and experience than I do. From that starting point maybe I'll tweak things here and there, but this is how I learn. I'll post some of the shots I get so you can see what you created.
My bag will have the following contents:
Canon t4i
Canon 18-55 is II lens
Canon 50mm 1.4 USM lens
Canon 430ex II Speedlite w/ Omni Bounce Diffuser
As far as settings, these were my initial thoughts:
P mode
ISO 100 (if possible)
Standard picture style
Auto lighting optimizer off
Spot metering (really not sure about this so please comment)
Auto white balance
If you don't think any of this is a "good" starting point, or if you would use some other mode or combination of settings, please tell me.
As far as the flash goes, I don't know
Should I use it? And if so should I just leave it on ETTL, or manually set a lower flash output maybe?
Thanks everyone!
I'm going to a convention tomorrow night. My wife is one of the featured models so I'm bringing a camera to take as many shots as I can of her and the rest of the convention. It's being held in a very big hotel/convention center so as you might imagine there will be several aisles with hundreds of booths and exhibits. Most of the areas will be well lit but there will also be some exhibits with less light due to the nature of the convention. I'll be photographing mostly people - people posing with models etc. As I'll be walking around and every shot will be different than the last, I can't imagine how manual mode would be a good choice. So here come the annoying questions :blushing:
If you're kind enough to answer, please do so from the standpoint of what YOU would do, based on the information I have provided above. I would like to have a good settings starting point based on feedback from people that have much more knowledge and experience than I do. From that starting point maybe I'll tweak things here and there, but this is how I learn. I'll post some of the shots I get so you can see what you created.
My bag will have the following contents:
Canon t4i
Canon 18-55 is II lens
Canon 50mm 1.4 USM lens
Canon 430ex II Speedlite w/ Omni Bounce Diffuser
As far as settings, these were my initial thoughts:
P mode
ISO 100 (if possible)
Standard picture style
Auto lighting optimizer off
Spot metering (really not sure about this so please comment)
Auto white balance
If you don't think any of this is a "good" starting point, or if you would use some other mode or combination of settings, please tell me.
As far as the flash goes, I don't know
Should I use it? And if so should I just leave it on ETTL, or manually set a lower flash output maybe?
Thanks everyone!