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05/30/2006 10:10:19 AM · #1 |
I've been hired to shoot candids at a high school graduation this weekend and I was wondering if anyone has any tips for me? It's a small graduation with only 55 graduates. I'm not doing any formal poses, just candids.
Thanks.
Dan |
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05/30/2006 10:12:07 AM · #2 |
if u can get next to the stage as they are coming off and just wait you can get some good candids there I got some good candids of my little sis graduation last year by doing that.
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05/30/2006 10:15:42 AM · #3 |
I'd suggest trying to develope your timing sense for laughter. Feel the moment when your subjects are going to laugh and snap. People laughing....smiling and that sort of thing will really win the hearts of the viewer.
Will the shoot be indoors or out?
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05/30/2006 10:32:55 AM · #4 |
Originally posted by daninbc:
anyone has any tips for me? |
the womens locker room can land you in jail. stay out. ;) |
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05/30/2006 10:37:00 AM · #5 |
| If it's inside, the WB will be poop. Set it custom or shoot in RAW. Try to either be in the front so that you can get profiles of the graduate and principal shaking hands or on the side that the graduate will walk towards so that you can see their face. |
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05/30/2006 12:30:37 PM · #6 |
The shoot will be inside, so yes... the WB will suck.
Thank you all for the tips, they are very helpful. Especially yours' notonline, you may have saved me a night in jail. |
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05/30/2006 01:17:29 PM · #7 |
I shot my sons graduation a few yrs ago when I was still point and shoot. My favorite candids were of the family when the grad was going up to get their diploma and immediately after the ceremony when the grads are getting their congrats from the family and they are yuking it up with their friends. His graduation was in a large auditorium, so there were no ugly shadows from the flash. If I were to shoot it again today, I'd shoot more multiple quick fire shots. It seems the best images come just a tad before or tad after the shot I actually take. Most important is have fun and shoot, shoot, shoot. |
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05/30/2006 01:40:09 PM · #8 |
I just did a college graduation, and I found that hanging back with a big zoom yieled some great candid expresion. Before they got thier diploma were some of the best, because you could see the nerves. And then right after they had some formal photos taken, and they thought they were all done, I got natural smiles, and candid happiness shots. Really worked well. I tried to get shots where they absolutly thought there was no camera looking at them.
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