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I'd probably use my D3s....
The best camera available was my D200
jk wrote:
Take the photos as people entry the room by making then go down a red carpet just like they do at the Oscars. The area for shooting is evenly and well lit.
How does this satisfy the brief 'hundreds of people enjoying a function.
The task is to record the event taking shots of individuals, couples and groups'
jk wrote:
Doug, ifyou were twisting my arm to do this I would use the method I initially suggested.
Everyone arrives in a reasonable state so photos are best taken at the arrival point.
If you put up a room plan or entry hall plan that I could mark up then I could suggest better.
The job is already done to a very satisfactory standard and only 1 hour plus 30 minutes in post required.
I was curious to see how others might approach the challenge - room plan is irrelevant. All necessary info was provided.
It is an event where people are in the room enjoying their evening and need to be recorded while doing so.
This is the room (the lightest half of it) 800 ISO 1/13 f4
These shots are straight out of the camera with no tweaking
800 ISO 1/60 f4
800 ISO 1/13 f4 (1/13 was a mistake - I forget to set back to 1/60 after shooting the room overview shots)
My post was intended to draw you guys out and see if anyone else felt comfortable and had a reliable technique in such a challenging situation, but the answers worry me with most seeming quite happy to turn away work or point and shoot offering nil advantage over the mwac (mom with a camera) who will do it for next to nothing
richw wrote:
My first stop here given the stingy client would be auto correct, and often that would be enough.
The image below shows what auto correct produces - right side
(compared to the perfectly well exposed image that skill permits us to achieve straight from the camera)
Note the overexposed highlights to the ears and forehead, the overexposed hand on the shoulder, the graininess that has appeared in the background all of which vie for the viewers attention
Btw. What would you guys quote to turn up and spend a single hour working the room?
What about if you are working for another photographer?
What would your part of the fee be then and would/could you refuse on the basis that it doesn't pay enough?
What if you were paying another photographer to shoot this for you - what would you pay him/her?
Dollar amounts please - I'm very curious
Last edited on Sun Jun 10th, 2012 21:44 by Doug
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