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09/12/2007 03:02:43 PM · #1 |
I take Aikido and Iaido, both Japanese martial arts. My sensei has asked me to do a photo shoot for him. He wants some shots of the dojo and zazen which are no problem, but he also wants some action shots of him and probably his wife (nidan rank, 2nd degree black belt) and maybe a couple other high ranking students. Again that in itself is no problem, but he wants the scene lit by the large windows that run one side of the dojo.
Here lies the problem. I don't think there ever is enough light to really freeze action and give clear bright photos. Aikido uniform is a white gi top and a black hakama (pants).
My initial thought was to set up a slave flash at the windows facing into the dojo. Shoot the images with the window at my 90degrees. Use a little fill flash on camera to help with the dark shadows of the hakama. Does that sound good? Should that give the illusion that the natural light from the window is lighting the scene? I have 2 canon 580 speedlights.
Here is the link to our dojo so you guys can see what the uniform looks like and what kind of action Im looking to capture as well as the dojo itself. Look at the image gallery, that is basically what he wants, just better.
//www.aikidovt.org/gallery.html |
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09/13/2007 04:19:18 AM · #2 |
Clickable link - //www.aikidovt.org/gallery.html
Have you tried metering the room when it's light, either with a light meter or with your camera? What sort of readings are you getting?
One thought to consider: having a bit of motion blur may in fact be a good thing. When I read your description I thought this - and when I checked the website, I noticed that a number of the images there do have motion blur. I think this enhances rather than detracts from the images.
Also, how big is the dojo? If it's as big as I would expect (in order to have room to move) I would guess that an on-camera flash is probably not strong enough to penetrate into dark corners, except at very high ISO settings - in which case you could probably set a quick shutter speed anyway if you did want to freeze the action. Getting another slave flash might be more effective.
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09/13/2007 07:05:47 AM · #3 |
Well, if you want more light through the windows, you could try trick that I use. Put vellum over the outside of the window and then use strobes/halogens/whatever on the outside.
Here's what it looks like.
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