Sexy Halloween Party

[Pallycow]

tight space in a club can be negated with an UW lens. ;-)

I use my 10-22 often, and my 17-50 f/2.8

 

[sashbar]

the tiger photo i had to cut out a guy that was photo bombing the pic... pic 1 I shot both of them bcuz that is what they asked for, the club hires me to take photos of the crowd. these girls requested a photo together.

there are a lot of factors that affect your shot in a club, space is one of the biggest issues since i dont have room to move back to get everyone ones limbs in the frame

Yes this is perfectly understandable, you do what you can in the circumstances. But we do not know all the circumstances, so our C&C is based on the picture that we see. It is not that I am trying to slate you or anythng, I am just suggesting what could be done better. If it is practically impossible then so be it. And if you work on a clients request it is a completely different matter. I am sure your clients loved the photos.

 

[Pallycow]

having shot in clubs and bars...often...tylers suggestions are not unattainable and actually useful. ;-)

 

[Pallycow]

I will add that many times...and more often than not...club/bar photos do come off as snapshots. We can, at times, set up shots...but the majority are snaps...so the key is to learn how to set up fast...adjust fast...and create an "image" or "photo" in a snapshot environment.

 

[ElectroSpotlight]

tight space in a club can be negated with an UW lens. ;-)

I use my 10-22 often, and my 17-50 f/2.8

Yea, i really need to invest in a wide lens, but for the type of photography that I do I would need an 8mm

 

[o hey tyler]

having shot in clubs and bars...often...tylers suggestions are not unattainable and actually useful. ;-)

I didn't seem to have trouble doing night club shots at the beginning of my photographic career that weren't photo bombed.

Consider this an e-shrug.

 

[ElectroSpotlight]

i think someone has a crush on me :blushing:

 

[DarkShadow]

All the testosterone boys better used at giving girl in photo #2 a good spanking.

 

[Pallycow]

Standing right on the drum riser...his cymbol at my belly...at 17mm

even in the midst of action you can take a second to set up DOF and make a good shot, not a snapshot

17mm

20 something mm

right at the stage...below field of view is my feet and the stage at 10mm got the whole stage....not a great photo..but shows what 10mm will do. Imagaine that a crowd of people in a packed place...more than enough... 8mm is not needed.

17mm

17mm this one I could have and should have used the 10mm lens. I was maybe 3 feet from them in a very small very packed bar. pretty much a snapshot...but that's what people want for the most part.

close crops eliminate need for wide angle and ridding out the bystanders

Even snapshots, isolated, can be printable. These ladies emailed me and wanted 8x12's so I obliged. This venue sucks as picking up ambient light blows, high wood ceilings, can't bounce flash...blah.....but still works out for prints when ya tell 'em what to do, takes all of 4 seconds.

anyway...I have several thousands....shoot every weekend. Generally I do crowd shots as bands like to see large crowds having fun. but during that I do posed fan shots and interesting things I find during the night.

8mm is not needed regardless, a 10-22 is more than sufficient. I always bring mine but hardly use it unless I have a specific idea. Snapshots are fine in these environments....just try to set up a shot now and then as well.

;-)

 

[Pallycow]

even self shots with a remote....lol I'm in middle. Set this shot up in a packed bar...second shot is the same night minutes before I set this one up....showing how crowded it was. In my self group shot...you have no idea how crowded it was.

get you a good fast lens too, flash often kills it....this venue I rarely have to use flash, band has a killer light show anyway and place has white low ceilings. usually 50-60 shutter speed wide open allows you to get the colors of the ambient lights.

flash would have ruined this shot