Birthday photoshoot coming up!!!!

[shum]

Hey!!

I've been reached by some relative of my relative to shoot the birthday event of her 5 years old daughter. I've no idea how to cover the whole event.. Can anyone please give me some good ideas and examples (couldnt find any on this forum).

The b'day will be indoors, probably in a restaurant. I have the kit lens, sigma 75-300, and canon 100 mm, canon speedlight 580. Which lens would be suitable for shooting?

What price should i quote?

[djvkool]

nifty fifty would be excellent for this if you can get your hands on one...

[shum]

nifty fifty would be excellent for this if you can get your hands on one...

dont have it, cant get it :(

[elysium]

To be honest. A 50mm WONT be good enough by itself especially if you are working in tight conditions and need to take some group photos etc. You want a wide prime or a wide angle zoom coupled with an external flash

Have a good read at this
http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=369787&highlight=party

Same concept applied to what I did a while back.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3377/3505685792_5fb5c0799d.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3356/3505767482_92c9b10a24.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3612/3504894453_8f3ea0338e.jpg

[shum]

elysium, thankyou very much for the example photos and the thread link!!! :)

[Karl Johnston]

Hey!!

I've been reached by some relative of my relative to shoot the birthday event of her 5 years old daughter. I've no idea how to cover the whole event.. Can anyone please give me some good ideas and examples (couldnt find any on this forum).

The b'day will be indoors, probably in a restaurant. I have the kit lens, sigma 75-300, and canon 100 mm, canon speedlight 580. Which lens would be suitable for shooting?

What price should i quote?
Looks like you know how to take the pics, use whichever lens you need to but take all of them just in case.

Price is pretty relative to what you want to charge, depends on what it costs you to do the shoot. Take your expenses down from the whole day (include post processing time) and subtract that from the amount of money you want to pay yourself. That's about as nitty gritty as it gets.

Theoretically you should be taking tax too, though I'm not sure how that works in the USA.

For myself, covering an event - $100/hourly covers my time and gas.
Then whatever the prints cost me, multiply the cost of creation by something like 2 (also equate for shipping and packaging, so probably 2.75x)

If it costs me $28 to create 1 12x18" print, then I would charge the client something like $70-75.

Hope that helped. Have fun and post your pictures on the forum when you get them ! Your macro work is pretty stunning. Try to get some shots where you can really get in close to get the cool bokeh that Elysium demonstrates in his.

[jackies35]

elysium, thankyou very much for the example photos and the thread link!!! :)

Yes indeed! You are so right Elysium....
I have the 50mm f/1.4 and I love it.... However, for group shots and tight little areas it was bit of a challenge...

So, I grabbed a 17-70mm Sigma to hold me over! I think its about f/2.8 and pretty good in ight-lighting! hahah

[elysium]

No worries guys. Dont forget that i want to see some pics. :)

[shum]

I AM nervous!!!!! The birthday party is tomorrow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Will sure put up some pics.. hope all goes well!

[scorpio_e]

Here is a birthday party I shot:

password is guddia

http://bethlehemphotography.zenfolio.com/p193859683



Yep you need a wide lens. I used the 28 to 75 and 10 to 20

Good luck :)

[Panda_stunter]

yeah, indoor parties are hard to cover. specially in tight spaces like a restaurant. UWA is best to use, 50 1.8 is good too.

hope all goes well for you!

[shum]

Just came back from shooting the party... It was an absolutely awesome experience!!!! The shots came out amazing, the lighting was perfect, the people were great... and i'm tooooo happy and satisfied! yayyyyyyyyyy!!! What a great weekend :) I'll upload the pictures tomorow .

Just one question more, should i add my signature to the printed images that i give them ???

[elysium]

Just came back from shooting the party... It was an absolutely awesome experience!!!! The shots came out amazing, the lighting was perfect, the people were great... and i'm tooooo happy and satisfied! yayyyyyyyyyy!!! What a great weekend :) I'll upload the pictures tomorow .

Just one question more, should i add my signature to the printed images that i give them ???
Glad to hear you had a good time and a pleasant experience. :)

I would add a small one in the corner. Nothing too obtrusive.

[shum]

Hey guys!!
Here are the pictures from the birthday that i shot. Well actually the event was not a birthday, it turned out to be the first head shave of the baby boy. hmmm.. i was kinda furious why they said birthday. Anyways... check them out! :)

http://lh5.ggpht.com/_YREKT8SrooQ/S3hIN7DRgzI/AAAAAAAADUU/XDHAFpDn4so/s400/Shania%20Bday%20Edited2%5B5%5D.jpg

http://lh4.ggpht.com/_YREKT8SrooQ/S3hIMHJ_gdI/AAAAAAAADUI/TQf2O-R2--E/s400/Shania%20Bday%5B11%5D.jpg

http://lh5.ggpht.com/_YREKT8SrooQ/S3hIPpNKH_I/AAAAAAAADUg/jyjW6tEeHso/s400/Shania%20Bday%20Edited4%5B5%5D.jpg

http://lh3.ggpht.com/_YREKT8SrooQ/S311gCuNILI/AAAAAAAADUs/0_e_JBxb2O8/s400/ShaniaJPG%5B5%5D.jpg

http://lh4.ggpht.com/_YREKT8SrooQ/S311hFjuAFI/AAAAAAAADUw/RzKJwF3X3hc/s400/baby2JPG%5B16%5D.jpg

http://lh5.ggpht.com/_YREKT8SrooQ/S313qagyt0I/AAAAAAAADU4/qbVFQWIQW3M/s400/IMG_9700JPG%5B16%5D.jpg

[elysium]

Nice work. Good selections there!