night club photos (NWS) (2)

asheebee30: For someone who has done alot of studio work, I assume you recognize the importance of proper lighting. That being said, throw your flash off camera for the nightclub stuff.

And that's the art of candids. Shoot from the hip. Or if you want, bring a longer lens, and snipe.

are people using TTL for flash or setting it manually ?

dynamitetony wrote in post #14382769
are people using TTL for flash or setting it manually ?

95% TTL, although I use manual sometimes when there are mirrors / windows behind people and TTL doesn't measure correctly due to the reflections

Got some confirmations for a few major festivals this summer, can't wait! Tired of sitting inside the whole damn time.

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fminus wrote in post #14382738
asheebee30: For someone who has done alot of studio work, I assume you recognize the importance of proper lighting. That being said, throw your flash off camera for the nightclub stuff.

And that's the art of candids. Shoot from the hip. Or if you want, bring a longer lens, and snipe.

LOL....ya id o understand it. Ive done stuff where ill have a light on a stand at the dj and ill go behind the crows with the dj to the end of them on my opposit side and do a long exposure, those are fun. Also, Ive done crowd shots and stuff like that, especially super large crowds, had my 580 exII almost busted three times this last dance from ravers hopping around and knocking it over! Someimtes i just get lazy though and leave it on. Id like to perfect the rear curtain sync to do the creative streaking of the lights, i think its going to be a challenge not getting ghosts and colors on their faces. Has anyone payed with the strobic feature on the 580EX II.....its the last setting that makes for some cool dj shots since you can get a pic of him in the three places at once

Someone asked about attachments: I have the Demb big FLIP IT, GAry FONG CLOUDSPHERE, RING FLASH & many other money guzzlig concoctions, with that said ive put each on and taken a pic....the cloudsphere beats the flip it for softer light & the ring flash is amazing for a cool light that wraps around ytour subject but it blocks my flashes infrared focusing sensor and makes it impossible to take shots in low light so i hardly use it. Most of the time, even if theres no bounce, (where is hoot all the time its darker ceilings) I just angle the flash up at about a75 degree angle (i dont know math but that sounds about right) then I use the white card built into the flash for fill on the faces since girls dont like having racoon eyes so much lol

dynamitetony wrote in post #14382769
are people using TTL for flash or setting it manually ?

always manual....the TTYL never seems bright enough and i dont like getting inconsistent results which it gives me. On manual i can leave the settings for the most part and just bump my camera setting around to add or subtract a little light

Apologies for whoring... Whilst at work on Tuesday the DJ approached me and asked if I'd shoot his night on Friday... It wasn't too busy but did the best I could considering! Pretty sure they usually pay tilllate to come in, so just hope he likes these pics better enough to make it a regular gig

Just wondering... Canon user here. I'm hopefully going to be pick up a fish-eye lens soon, but was more interested in what you guys could recommend as an excellent wide lens for both crowd and clubber portrait shots. I'm thinking somewhere between 10-22mm, should I be thinking prime?

(I have a 7D, 1.7x crop factor)
Obviously I want it to be wide, but not so wide as to give me too much distortion. The lens should last me a long time, and have exceptional quality. I'm throwing a budget of £1500 out there.

I will get to my own research, but thought I'd ask the question here before I begin.

GCWB wrote in post #14388253
Just wondering... Canon user here. I'm hopefully going to be pick up a fish-eye lens soon, but was more interested in what you guys could recommend as an excellent wide lens for both crowd and clubber portrait shots. I'm thinking somewhere between 10-22mm, should I be thinking prime?

(I have a 7D, 1.7x crop factor)
Obviously I want it to be wide, but not so wide as to give me too much distortion. The lens should last me a long time, and have exceptional quality. I'm throwing a budget of £1500 out there.

I will get to my own research, but thought I'd ask the question here before I begin.

Canon 16-35 was my go to lens for club when I used Canon
Translates to roughly a 26-56mm, whereas a 10-22 would be a 16-35 on a 7D and 16 is wideeeeeeee

Get L glass. A 16-35 or 24-70 will be awesome

ryon wrote in post #14388730
Canon 16-35 was my go to lens for club when I used Canon
Translates to roughly a 26-56mm, whereas a 10-22 would be a 16-35 on a 7D and 16 is wideeeeeeee

Get L glass. A 16-35 or 24-70 will be awesome

I know but I like to have the option of going that wide for crowd/room/DJ shots. Thanks for the suggestions, I'll be looking into them.

DayGlow stuff... More HERE!

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im still around! in case anyone cared hahah

still shooting... heres some crap.

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Christopher.Sullivan: Of all the work I have seen here recently, your "crap" is some of the best by far, compared to others.

Though I am not a fan of the PP on #3. Still a good shot though.

//No offense to other photogs on here. Its a preference of style.

Im in love with Sydney Love!

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