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digitalmonkey
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Posted: Mon Oct 31st, 2005 11:36 pm |
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hi all, i mainly photograph outside and have been asked to photograph a band in Birmingham. I have a Nikon D70s with only an on board flash. I'm a bit clue less about techniques shooting with flash indoors, and concerned about the lighting issues. Any guidance would be welcomed
cheers.
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admin
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Posted: Tue Nov 1st, 2005 02:58 am |
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how about this
To summarise, you're going to need either a very steady hand or additional support, a high ISO, soft sharpness setting, custom white balance, wide aperture, slow exposure, patience and some practice in ascertaining focus, holding still for your shot and controlling your breathing and squeezing gently at just the right moment!
courtesy of the link below - its got a pretty long tut there
http://www.boo-photos.co.uk/lowlight.html
i would be less concerned about white balance if shooting raw this can be corrected pretty well by programs like Raw Shooter - but if you are shooting jpgs then you want to get it right
wide open aperture with fill flash if you are allowed to use it would be my guess - you don't want to wash the colors out - also use you histogram as you go to ensure your exposures are working out - wide angle in close would be great but you may not have access so you will have to use your judgement
have fun - thats the main thing
Last edited on Tue Nov 1st, 2005 02:59 am by admin
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TheKilttedSnapper
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Posted: Fri Nov 14th, 2008 11:27 am |
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Hello, I dont know if you done this gig yet, but I hope i can try and give yu some advice,
First and most important, DONT USE YOUR FLASH!!!! It ruins the whole feeling of the gig.
So you will be shooting in low light Levels, so you need a lens that goes f=down to f1.8, like say 50mm f 1.8, with a UV filter, I use a old E series from my first camera, an old Nikon EM on my D50, the drawbacks of this is everything has to be done manually, but i dont have the money for the nice AF model, need to sell more photos!!
Anyway I digress, back to my advice, you may find a wide angle lens a help to, for crowd shots, like a 28mm f 2.8 AF D, and remeber the UV filter.
Now as far as shutter speed goes, thats trial and error, you have a view screen and a delete button, but work on a low ISO, like 200, i started doing Gigs cranking my D50 up to 1600, but after a article I found, I put it down to 200, and it seems to work fine.
I found that setting my D50 to Shutter Priority with the standard Lens i got, 18-55 f4.2, i got good photos, but to be honest, it dosent stop down far enough on thef numbers, the 50mm f1.8 is much better.
Anyway, to prove some of this check out my myspace
http://www.myspace.com/kiltedsnapper
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RobHemsley
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Posted: Sat Dec 20th, 2008 08:42 pm |
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i do gig photography
http://www.robhemsleyphotography.com or http://www.myspace.com/robhemsleyphotography
Basically, you use a nikon right? so do i. im in love
to start.
go to your "M" (manual) setting on your camera.
Make sure your exposure is the highest it can get, the more zoomed out the lens is, the higher it gets. make sure to reset it everytime you zoom back in.
set you shutter speed so the ring fills up half way, not too much so your images are blurred but just enough so the images arnt dark.
then set youR flash compensation and exposure compensation on thier highest setting. and use 800 ISO or higher, the higher you go, the more image noise you will get.
you can adjust the settings as you like, and you dont have to worry about having a steady hand. most gig venues dont allow the use of flash. flash is bad anyway because it brings out alot of red eye and smoke particles in gigs.
i like to use a flash gun with a very heavy softener on it, basically so it gives a little light rather than aflash, very unoticablle but imporves your pics
add me and msn for any help. im only 18 lol, but photography is my life robert_hemsley@hotmail.com
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