The life of a Rave Photographer

[altitude604]

a few from last night!

WTF is wrong with the guy in tyhe back.

Its Okay to get drunk/high on Kool Beans and have some fun but once you put a pacefier in your mouth then now you have a problem. LOLLLL

that picture is awesome btw!

have you tried rear sync with your flash?

lol wherever there's E being ate, there'll be someone with a soother. at least it cuts the number of GURRRNNNNNNNNNNNNNN faces down which look arguably more silly. :lmao:

 

[Twisted_Pixel]

@Twisted_Pixel. You should set the Camera to Aperture priority and the flash to rear sync. to get the mood.

Thanks Lodd,

Usually shoot in manual, to try keep the shutter speed down, but will be experimenting this weekend.

One problem I do have, is focus. Sometimes the autofocus, just doesn't want to play ball. There isn't enough ambient light especially away from the dance floor to manually focus. Oh how I hate smoke machines too, for the same reason.

I'm guessing it's just practice as I've generally not ventured into manual focus.

Anyway enough of my ranting lol, time for sleep and thanks again for the feed back.

 

[timzo]

the lighting in parties can be just too difficult sometimes... it changes very quickly

 

[BoothePhotography]

Very nice. I love doing photos for my friend's band at bars. I also do stuff with a friend's indoor haunted house, so it's fun to work in low light settings with different colored lights...love dubstep and techno, I'd love to do a rave shoot!

-Zach

 

[Lodd]

@Twisted_Pixel. You should set the Camera to Aperture priority and the flash to rear sync. to get the mood.

Thanks Lodd,

Usually shoot in manual, to try keep the shutter speed down, but will be experimenting this weekend.

One problem I do have, is focus. Sometimes the autofocus, just doesn't want to play ball. There isn't enough ambient light especially away from the dance floor to manually focus. Oh how I hate smoke machines too, for the same reason.

I'm guessing it's just practice as I've generally not ventured into manual focus.

Anyway enough of my ranting lol, time for sleep and thanks again for the feed back.

Just make sure the AF-assist lamp is off and the AF is set to spot and AF-C
Set the AF point it the middle (where the AF-point is faster and more accurate) Focus and shoot.

 

[user3977]

hey guys what setups are you using? i will have an outside promoter use our venue for a rave near the end of march so i have time to start practicing now. i know something that is a little better in low light would help but i can not buy a 7D or anything else at the moment. i am stuck with an Xti and i will rent the proper lens / flash combo that i should have. so any suggestions on how to get good shots in the dark would be great.

 

[MJLphotographics]

Never an easy feat in such low light conditions top work!

 

[For9Studios]

Very nice shots! The positive is the fact that people are not camera shy at these events. I'm doing my first one this weekend - I'll post them and let me know what you think.

Just keep clicking....