Dr. Suess play

moved from "Events". Not sure if this is the right forum.

From three weeks ago - 6th grade Dr. Suess play.

I'm blown away at what a difference a monopod + prime lens made!

No flash photography. Canon 85mm, 5Dii, no flash, Monopod, all ISO 1600.

f4.0, 1/160

Looks like you had a quick shutter... was it very bright inside?

fullfram wrote in post #16998963
Looks like you had a quick shutter... was it very bright inside?

They had 2 spotlights + six or eight 75W canned lights over the stage; otherwise lights-out.

Not loads of light; but enough. Better than an event that lacks a spot - such as the actual graduation ceremony. f4.5 was pushing it at ISO 1600. The f2.0 shots were cleaner, usually allowing about 1/160 or above, but lacked the DOF desired for the school graduation slideshow.

Very clean images! Nice stuff.

BJWOK wrote in post #17004647
Very clean images! Nice stuff.

Thanks!

I've been shooting these events for my daughter's school for 5 years now and I have to say it all came together on this one.

• Front & center seat
  
• Monopod
  
• Lens selection
  
• Timing for ambient light (embracing no-flash)
  
• FF camera choice
  
• ISO 1600 - nice balance between quality and speed.
  
• Mostly on Manual to avoid mis-queues in exposure sensing and shutter delay
  
• Mostly f4.0 or above to allow manual focus on many
  
• And ... 5 years of experience for the same stage in similar setting