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Tomorrow I will be taking pictures at a dress rehearsal for a local school (images both for their use and as a learning experience for myself. I am most definitely not being paid) and I have a few questions that need some answers as well as some advice otherwise.
I will be shooting with a borrowed 20D (350D is being repaired) so I need to review all the features, but are there any specific 'different' features I may not know about that will come in rather handy? Luckily, I am also borrowing a 70-200 f/2.8 IS (wow) lens for tomorrow, so hopefully I will be able to grasp any new features regarding the lens and camera together.
Will it be necessary to bring a monopod? (Also borrowed. Surprise?) I am uncertain whether I will be there for 2 hours or 4.
ISO: The stage will be quite well lit I do believe, so I am crossing my fingers and hoping that I will be shooting in the 100-400 range, but for 20D owners, can anyone tell me if ISO800 + would make usable images? I plan to shoot in RAW and perhaps underexpose 1/3 of a stop to increase the shutter speed a tad with plans of brightening them up a bit in Photoshop.
WB: Oy, where do I start? Auto? Or do I bring an object I know is perfectly white and select my custom balance off that once I take a shot? I am uncertain at this point if the lighting temperatures will constantly be changing throughout the play.
Just to confirm, the subjects will be ranging in age from 9-15 years old, so if I were to post any pictures or even put some on my flickr site, I would have to have their parents sign a 'model release' so to say?
Those are all the technical questions I can think of right now, but I am sure I will think of more later. Thanks for all your help in advance J
I will be shooting with a borrowed 20D (350D is being repaired) so I need to review all the features, but are there any specific 'different' features I may not know about that will come in rather handy? Luckily, I am also borrowing a 70-200 f/2.8 IS (wow) lens for tomorrow, so hopefully I will be able to grasp any new features regarding the lens and camera together.
Will it be necessary to bring a monopod? (Also borrowed. Surprise?) I am uncertain whether I will be there for 2 hours or 4.
ISO: The stage will be quite well lit I do believe, so I am crossing my fingers and hoping that I will be shooting in the 100-400 range, but for 20D owners, can anyone tell me if ISO800 + would make usable images? I plan to shoot in RAW and perhaps underexpose 1/3 of a stop to increase the shutter speed a tad with plans of brightening them up a bit in Photoshop.
WB: Oy, where do I start? Auto? Or do I bring an object I know is perfectly white and select my custom balance off that once I take a shot? I am uncertain at this point if the lighting temperatures will constantly be changing throughout the play.
Just to confirm, the subjects will be ranging in age from 9-15 years old, so if I were to post any pictures or even put some on my flickr site, I would have to have their parents sign a 'model release' so to say?
Those are all the technical questions I can think of right now, but I am sure I will think of more later. Thanks for all your help in advance J