night club photos (NWS) (2)

That will more than suffice to begin with.
last piece of advice - take any work that comes your way, any chance to play around with settings in different environments will greatly benefit you. network.

Cheers mate appreciate it

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psychodweep wrote in post #12369155
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Jesus man! Awesome. i know you gotta be using a fixed lens. whats your iso and did you bounce any of the light? looks like some high ceilings.

Still Working on getting my lighting right.... I know what I'm going for, Just having some trouble getting the results. I'm still fairly pleased with the event and shots in a whole but a bit frustrated.

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psychodweep wrote in post #12369155
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Any of these taken with your classic?

my guess is 5

for some reason I felt like seeing if I could put the 580EXII on top of the GF-1 - and it worked! I dunno, I thought it would require a proprietary flash made by Panasonic. Anyways I took it to the club Saturday night and here are some shots - it was pretty fun to use, although tricky. and really loved the compact size.

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psychodweep wrote in post #12369155
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These are V nice! tell us more about them...

Had someone comment on flash nightlife photography.

'"You can create some nice results with an off camera flash, but it's engineered and unrealistic.The only time I like working with a flash is when I'm catching someone elses go off, ala this one: http://a5.sphotos.ak.f​bcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/199747_2018619031​78971_100000654877520_​620502_5044635_n.jpg""

What do you think?

A load of crap if you ask me

Six16 wrote in post #12372771
Jesus man! Awesome. i know you gotta be using a fixed lens. whats your iso and did you bounce any of the light? looks like some high ceilings.

Most times 1250-1600, with the pics of steve aoki it was 400.
Yes, all bounced (except the crowd shot), even with black or high ceilings.

coolpbkid wrote in post #12373179
Any of these taken with your classic?

my guess is 5

Nope, all with 5D2. Classic has much more noise and is a backup device.

D.Gold wrote in post #12374736
These are V nice! tell us more about them...

So what do you want to know ?

stuart_hatch wrote in post #12375194
Had someone comment on flash nightlife photography.

'"You can create some nice results with an off camera flash, but it's engineered and unrealistic.The only time I like working with a flash is when I'm catching someone elses go off, ala this one: http://a5.sphotos.ak.f​bcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/199747_2018619031​78971_100000654877520_​620502_5044635_n.jpg""

What do you think?

A load of crap if you ask me

Plain BS is what I would call it..

I think off-camera is an unrealistic look as well. It has the potential to cast weird (and oftentimes unflattering) shadows on subjects, and makes them appear like they are in a box of some kind. This is personal preference of course but for club work I like to use ambient lighting, wide aperture, and the on-board flash as more of a fill-light, to only light up the important areas (such as faces). I come from the school of "you should not be able to tell a flash was used" photography. my 2 cents!

Depends. Sometimes I don't want that "straight" look. And for when I do I just approximate where the flash would be if it was on camera. Easier that way than juggling cables and STs and so on. But for the most part, I'll use what is there and leave the flash in my back pocket. I'd carry candles if I could.

srika wrote in post #12374295
for some reason I felt like seeing if I could put the 580EXII on top of the GF-1 - and it worked! I dunno, I thought it would require a proprietary flash made by Panasonic. Anyways I took it to the club Saturday night and here are some shots - it was pretty fun to use, although tricky. and really loved the compact size.

great shots. what kind of settings did u use on that camera. looks like a wide f-stop and high iso?

I think that flash should be used in every way possible, as long as it turns out great shots. Nightlife photography is one of a kind, perhaps the most artificial of them all. Light trails, strobes, 2nd curtain flash, it's all kinda 'fake', but it contributes to the general feel of clubs & nightlife in whole, which is all about fun & excitement. Just my 2 cents

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This are nice shot, I use 550d and doubt I can produce this from my camera... could be wrong cause everyone says its really about the lense not the camer...

Most clubs that I take don't really have strobelights... so I tend to work with ambient light... I often turn down the flash exposure to 1/3 or 2/3, f4 - f8... shutter 1/25 - 1/50.. iso800, I use my 15-85 Canon lense predominantly cause I can get wide shots and also zoom in enough when I need to capture people while they are in there elements (I sometimes prefer natural shots), but don't want them to seem.

Do you shoot raw? or with jpeg