Best Camera Setting for Photo Shoot At Grand Central Station: Hello, I will be participating in photo shoot at Grand Central Station. I have a Canon Powershot SX530. The photo shoot...

gloryg Loc: New York

Hello,

I will be participating in photo shoot at Grand Central Station.

I have a Canon Powershot SX530.

The photo shoot will be at night.

There can be quite a bit of glare at Grand Central.

I am thinking a flash may not be good to use.

What would be the best camera setting to use?

Thank you

jdubu Loc: San Jose, CA

Best camera setting would be setting it on a tripod and do timed exposures of various speeds to see how you can capture ambient lighting correctly at your chosen depth of field. Using flash for your source of light will look like a snapshot. Using flash as a fill light via manual control or flash compensation will look like a part of the ambient lit scene.

I would not be able to tell you what settings to use, since I decide my settings when I am there. Decide your settings based on what you envision. Since that camera shoots jpeg only, make sure you have your white balance set properly, as it is always harder to rectify in post.

OddJobber Loc: Portland, OR

Turn off the flash, set it on auto and fire away. Tripod recommended.

Designdweeb Loc: Metro NYC & East Stroudsburg, PA

If you set the shutter for a long time exposure the moving bodies will ghost out. Experiment!

lghicks

You do know that "Grand Central Station" is the Post Office, and "Grand Central Terminal" is the railway station?

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

gloryg wrote:

Hello,

I will be participating in photo shoot at Grand Central Station.

I have a Canon Powershot SX530.

The photo shoot will be at night.

There can be quite a bit of glare at Grand Central.

I am thinking a flash may not be good to use.

What would be the best camera setting to use?

Thank you

Forget the flash.

I've taken some long exposures with the camera resting on the little wall on the Grand Staircase - where the stairs split right and left. It's like a tripod, but you're not in the way. Experiment with aperture and shutter, and you can see the results immediately. No one is going to give exact settings that will work right off the bat.

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

Designdweeb wrote:

If you set the shutter for a long time exposure the moving bodies will ghost out. Experiment!

Yes! A nice effect - blurry people are nice, too.

Tom G Loc: Atlanta, GA

OddJobber wrote:

Turn off the flash, set it on auto and fire away. Tripod recommended.

Good advice. First time I've heard the word "Automatic" referenced. Because cameras (DSLR's & many P&S') are so good that photos taken on "Auto" are often just as good as, or even better than, those taken in preset modes.

For example, if the cameras has auto focus I don't know of anyone who focuses manually. Same for Exposure, White Balance and the rest. I am not suggesting that all shots be taken on automatic, but those taken under rather "normal" conditions might turn out just as good.

Shooting on automatic for street photography is a good example; as is shooting candidly & randomly in Grand Central (same thing).

In the end it's the composition thank counts.

Tom G Loc: Atlanta, GA

lghicks wrote:

You do know that "Grand Central Station" is the Post Office, and "Grand Central Terminal" is the railway station?

Now I do... . Then again, how do I know you are "right".

rehess Loc: South Bend, Indiana, USA

Tom G wrote:

Now I do... . Then again, how do I know you are "right".

"Grand Central Terminal" is the train station. I've been watching trains for fifty years - but if you won't accept my expertise {I took pictures there hand holding film in 1978}, you can look on the Internet.

boberic Loc: Quiet Corner, Connecticut. Ex long Islander

lghicks wrote:

You do know that "Grand Central Station" is the Post Office, and "Grand Central Terminal" is the railway station?

Calling Grand Central Terminal, GS station is a common mistake that even NY City natives make. When you are there look up. The interior of the place is astoundingly beautiful

Tom G Loc: Atlanta, GA

rehess wrote:

"Grand Central Terminal" is the train station. I've been watching trains for fifty years - but if you won't accept my expertise {I took pictures there hand holding film in 1978}, you can look on the Internet.

Down Boy ! Down Boy !

I accept your statement as true, for whatever importance it has.

And, I've been watching trains since the late 40's, when you weren't even a
Gleam" in your daddy's eye.

Tom G Loc: Atlanta, GA

rehess wrote:

"Grand Central Terminal" is the train station. I've been watching trains for fifty years - but if you won't accept my expertise {I took pictures there hand holding film in 1978}, you can look on the Internet.

Well, I also think we could rename it; because trains also begin trips from Grand Central, how about Grand Central Original (from Originate).

Or maybe, if you're not going all the way to the west coast, it could be named Grand Central Partial.

In the end, most of us know it as Grand Central Station... not Post Office.

Over... and Out

Gene51 Loc: Yonkers, NY, now in LSD (LowerSlowerDelaware)

lghicks wrote:

You do know that "Grand Central Station" is the Post Office, and "Grand Central Terminal" is the railway station?

It is not!!!

Grand Central Station is actually the subway station beneath Grand Central Terminal, which is Metro North Railroad's Northeast Corridor southernmost terminal.

Real New Yorkers call the complex Grand Central Station. The postal station at 450 Lexington Ave is officially called USPS Post Office Grand Central.

speters Loc: Grangeville/Idaho

gloryg wrote:

Hello,

I will be participating in photo shoot at Grand Central Station.

I have a Canon Powershot SX530.

The photo shoot will be at night.

There can be quite a bit of glare at Grand Central.

I am thinking a flash may not be good to use.

What would be the best camera setting to use?

Thank you

A flash is always a good idea at low-light-situations, the camera settings depend on the situation on hand!