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BlueDog
19th of June 2004 (Sat), 07:10
I'll be attending a black tie event tonight that I'd like to try and get some cool images at. The event is a benefit for Humane Society called the Bark Ball, where it will be a formal event in which people will be bringing their dogs.

I've always had trouble getting good images in low light/indoor situations and wanted to see if anyone could give some good advice on where to start.

Thanks!
RichardtheSane
19th of June 2004 (Sat), 08:11
Are you allowed to flash.... ;) and do you have an external flash?
c0ntr0lz
19th of June 2004 (Sat), 09:24
live that shutter open
and get a nice tripod
spock84
19th of June 2004 (Sat), 11:43
What kind of lens will you be using?
blinking8s
19th of June 2004 (Sat), 12:09
seriously, buying a new flash is your best bet for shooting people in darker indoor situations, althought the one on it is not that bad. The first night i had my camera I went to a big early 1920's gangster theme party, it was dark as hell, but the shots did you turn out too too bad. The worst party about the flash on the camera is it would overexpose the skin, mostly faces...and different flash (550ex) would do a MUCH MUCH MUCH better job, plus its dummy proof for the most part...hehe

http://www.willduncan.net/sae/paddy/ are my shots, far from anything special, first night with an SLR too...
RichardtheSane
19th of June 2004 (Sat), 12:23
It there are dogs there and you use the internal flash you will get green eye, to the point of looking alien if they are looking straight at you.
drisley
19th of June 2004 (Sat), 12:52
50mm F1.8II lens.
Use ISO800 or ISO1600 as long as you can get proper exposure or slight overexposure. Then noise will be almost non-existent.
Do NOT try to use a high iso if the image is underexposed, and then try to recoup in software. The noise will be terrible.

Otherwise use an external flash.
BlueDog
19th of June 2004 (Sat), 16:26
Didn't get back to my computer until we are just getting ready to leave. All I have for flash is the built -in and the lens that came with it.

Yes, there will be all sorts of dogs there.

I'll bump the ISO up as drisley suggests and just play around with various other settings.

Thanks
drisley
21st of June 2004 (Mon), 12:36
Yes, bump the ISO, and make sure to properly expose, or slightly overexpose. THe noise will be totally insignificant.
I routinely shoot ISO1600 now, and use no noise reduction at all, and the images are beatifully clean (http://www.sharpnsmart.com/mabba062004/). These were all shot at ISO800 and ISO1600.
I printed them out and there is no noticable trace of noise. Nothing at all. Even on my screen at 100% res, the noise is not noticable.

Additionally, some suggest that when you sharpen your pics for print, it's wise to add in a little noise as this will make the images apear sharper. There is a very highly regared piece of sharpening software out there that does this.