russianbare1977
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Hi all,
Long first post but i hope I can get some insight and answers here as I have no clue who to ask.
I am a professional airline pilot by trade but a hobbyist photographer. My main subjects are my family
however I want to improve my skills so after reading too many books i know the only way to improve
is to practice practice practice so I bring my gear everywhere I go.
Yesterday I had the opportunity to be at a press conference and product demo for my airline and there
were at least 20 professional photographers and videographers, tv camera crews etc. Although I was only
there to take the plane from point A to B I was really stoked to check out all the pros, their gear and their
techniques. Unfortunately all the pros were so busy trying to get the right shot that I couldn't really talk
to them about anything at all. (i understand since if I were landing in bad weather I wouldn't have time to
talk to a hobbyist flyer either) I could see they were all under a lot of stress to get the right images for
their "bosses".
As the press conference went on I noticed they were all shooting high speed sounded to be around 8fps.
This made sense since there were several people on stage and considering how unflattering talking shots
can be going for high speed and max image capture made sense to me.
Later on the whole media crew headed out to the plane for shots on board. We had several pros come up
to the cockpit for photos and I was really surprised to see (and hear) they were all still shooting high speed
bursts. Especially since the cockpit photos were all poses. Some said they were bracketing exposures, but
even after I checked the specs on the 1Ds it said it can only bracket 3 shots at a time. I tried my 7d on a
high speed bracket but it was pretty slow, nothing like what these guys were doing.
So my question if anyone can answer is why were all these guys shooting with highspeed bursts? I used
high speed a bit when I got my 7D but my workflow just got insane sorting through all the bursts with no
"keeper" images.
Maybe on the pro newsgathering side is it just something they always do so there is no way they will "miss"
the moment even though they are coming away from a day shoot with thousands of images.
sorry to be so long here but any insight would be appreciated on the use of high speed shooting with pro
newsgathering photographers.
Thanks
Long first post but i hope I can get some insight and answers here as I have no clue who to ask.
I am a professional airline pilot by trade but a hobbyist photographer. My main subjects are my family
however I want to improve my skills so after reading too many books i know the only way to improve
is to practice practice practice so I bring my gear everywhere I go.
Yesterday I had the opportunity to be at a press conference and product demo for my airline and there
were at least 20 professional photographers and videographers, tv camera crews etc. Although I was only
there to take the plane from point A to B I was really stoked to check out all the pros, their gear and their
techniques. Unfortunately all the pros were so busy trying to get the right shot that I couldn't really talk
to them about anything at all. (i understand since if I were landing in bad weather I wouldn't have time to
talk to a hobbyist flyer either) I could see they were all under a lot of stress to get the right images for
their "bosses".
As the press conference went on I noticed they were all shooting high speed sounded to be around 8fps.
This made sense since there were several people on stage and considering how unflattering talking shots
can be going for high speed and max image capture made sense to me.
Later on the whole media crew headed out to the plane for shots on board. We had several pros come up
to the cockpit for photos and I was really surprised to see (and hear) they were all still shooting high speed
bursts. Especially since the cockpit photos were all poses. Some said they were bracketing exposures, but
even after I checked the specs on the 1Ds it said it can only bracket 3 shots at a time. I tried my 7d on a
high speed bracket but it was pretty slow, nothing like what these guys were doing.
So my question if anyone can answer is why were all these guys shooting with highspeed bursts? I used
high speed a bit when I got my 7D but my workflow just got insane sorting through all the bursts with no
"keeper" images.
Maybe on the pro newsgathering side is it just something they always do so there is no way they will "miss"
the moment even though they are coming away from a day shoot with thousands of images.
sorry to be so long here but any insight would be appreciated on the use of high speed shooting with pro
newsgathering photographers.
Thanks