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09/19/2006 10:14:15 AM · #1 |
a friend and I are setting up a little "portrait booth" at this year's corporate Xmas party, we'll be taking people's picks and charging for prints with a little profit on each print (its as much for fun/experience as it is for cash)
We're looking to invest in some equipment and are think of the best way to do it. We'll get a flash lighting kit and a decent backdrop but we're not sure the best to actually do the shoot, we have 2 cameras so we were maybe thinking have one set up on te tripod, connected to the flashes with a 70-100 lens (NIKON D70) and my 350 as a handheld with a 50mm 1.8. THe idea being that the fast 50mm lens can work without the additional light of the flashes and get a few differnet angles during set up, kind of candids whilst the main cam does the main shots. Is this crazy, is it worth trying to get shots on a differnt camera or just stick with the main camera and have the second as a backup |
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09/19/2006 10:19:55 AM · #2 |
| With it being an Office party and mainly for your own experience, I don't see anything at all wrong with having the 350D as a second Cam. You may get some good shots of people tripping over the tripod legs etc, especially if there have been a few drinks before hand! |
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09/19/2006 10:20:45 AM · #3 |
We used to always use just the one camera and kept the others in reserve. We were shooting tethered, tho, so that we could show everyone their photos as soon as they walked out of the setting. That way we only printed the ones they wanted and if they didn't like what we'd taken we'd line 'em up and shoot another.
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09/19/2006 10:21:16 AM · #4 |
I think I'd reverse it... put a fixed length lens on the camera that is on the tripod (because nothing is ever going to change there), and put a zoom lens on the camera that is taking candid shots.
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09/19/2006 10:22:48 AM · #5 |
Originally posted by dwterry:
I think I'd reverse it... put a fixed length lens on the camera that is on the tripod (because nothing is ever going to change there), and put a zoom lens on the camera that is taking candid shots. |
But you need the speed that a 50mm prime gives, and the main camera can use a slow zoom as you are using flash. |
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09/19/2006 11:07:50 AM · #6 |
| we're not going to be printing on the spot so no need to be tethered but we were thinking it would be quite good to let people see the pics straight away and take a nother if needs be. |
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09/19/2006 11:14:36 AM · #7 |
Originally posted by cbonsall:
we're not going to be printing on the spot so no need to be tethered but we were thinking it would be quite good to let people see the pics straight away and take a nother if needs be. |
The tethering isn't for printing on the spot. It is for showing off the picture you just took so that the subject can decide right then and there, whether or not they want the image or if you need to reshoot another.
That will increase the likelihood of sales, since if you obtain a handful of shots that people don't like, they won't order them from you later. (And they won't likely tell you that they didn't care for the shots.) |
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09/19/2006 11:33:05 AM · #8 |
Pix-al's point about the tripping on tripod legs is imporant! If the session goes well it might become a bit more "spirted" than a normal portrait session with groups squeezing into and out of the session. Nothing brings that sort of fun to a crashing halt like a tripod with a long lens being knocked into the repiar shop.
If you have never used sandbags on your tripods and light stands this is the time to start. A bit of time spent to set up an area for your equipment that is clear of foot traffic to lay your lines and then assume that someone will come stumbling through there anyway and tape down everything with gaffers tape before you secure it with bags. Paranoia pays. |
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