Advice for indoor shoot please ?

[rooeey]

I have been asked to shoot some people holding trophies for a Toastmasters club i am in this is to appear in the local newspaper..

I have a 430EX on a 40D i have 24-70f2.8L or 17-55F2.8IS that i can use
as it is a group shot in a small conference room...

The room has a yellow spackled ceiling and yellow walls with built in standard globes for lighting and the banner which is a multicolored reflective style banner is to be in the shot also the ceiling is about 8ft high.

I am planning on shooting RAW using my grey card for Custom white balance
bouncing the flash off the ceiling standing back about 6-8feet as there are only 6 trophey holders to be shot all at once....

Any tips please .....

[PacAce]

I have been asked to shoot some people holding trophies for a Toastmasters club i am in this is to appear in the local newspaper..

I have a 430EX on a 40D i have 24-70f2.8L or 17-55F2.8IS that i can use
as it is a group shot in a small conference room...

The room has a yellow spackled ceiling and yellow walls with built in standard globes for lighting and the banner which is a multicolored reflective style banner is to be in the shot also the ceiling is about 8ft high.

I am planning on shooting RAW using my grey card for Custom white balance
bouncing the flash off the ceiling standing back about 6-8feet as there are only 6 trophey holders to be shot all at once....

Any tips please .....



Looks like you've got it pretty much covered. When boucing the flash off the ceiling, make sure that you don't get any direct edge lighting from the flash falling on the top part of your subjects, otherwise, you're going to have color balance issues which will be hard to correct in PP.

[showngo]

You can try bouncing off the walls as well, often has a little more flattering light IMO. But that depends on how they are standing and such. I have only done that with one to two people in the shot.

[PacAce]

You can try bouncing off the walls as well, often has a little more flattering light IMO. But that depends on how they are standing and such. I have only done that with one to two people in the shot.

Ordinarily, I would agree but for group shots, bouncing off one wall could result in an uneven lighting of the whole group.

[rooeey]

Ok thanks guys so i have learnt much in here but i am not sure i can snatch the pebble from the blind mans hand just yet...

[Cyrus]

the ceiling colour could pose a huge problem, been there myself, get there before hand and take some test shots... if it doesn't look good simply find a better spot.