Taking photos in a white bright room: Hello UHH member I'm new to the forum; I have a question I was asked to take pictures on a professional event that will take place in a big white...

jrosales Loc: California

Hello UHH member I'm new to the forum; I have a question I was asked to take pictures on a professional event that will take place in a big white room holding around 200 people, the room has a mid round glass roof for natural light and additional flourecent lights; all chairs and tables are white this event will take place at noon (when sun ir right in the middle of the room, just wondering what would be the best settings to take pictures with a lots of bright light. My gear is a Nikon D600, 28-300 zoom and SB-900 flash. Any ideas will be appreciated Thanks in advance,

Annie_Girl Loc: It's none of your business

Asked to take photos or hired to take photos?

If you agreed to photograph an event it is my belief you should have an idea on how to proceed without having to come to a forum and ask basic questions on how to get pleasing results.

St3v3M Loc: 35,000 feet

Shoot a photo and adjust your White Balance as necessary if you are shooting JPGs or correct it later if you are shooting RAW. Welcome to UHH

lightchime Loc: Somewhere Over The Rainbow

Annie_Girl wrote:

Asked to take photos or hired to take photos?

If you agreed to photograph an event it is my belief you should have an idea on how to proceed without having to come to a forum and ask basic questions on how to get pleasing results.

Although I agree with your opinion a little finesse would have been appropriate.

rcirr Loc: Gilbert, Arizona

Annie_Girl wrote:

Asked to take photos or hired to take photos?

If you agreed to photograph an event it is my belief you should have an idea on how to proceed without having to come to a forum and ask basic questions on how to get pleasing results.

You might want to cut the poster some slack. The poster said it was a professional event, not that he was being hired as a professional photographer. A lot of people know that I take pictures as a hobby and as a result there have been a few times when I was "asked" to photgraph something when I didn't really have any choice. Employers can be rather insistant sometimes.

BHC Loc: Strawberry Valley, JF, USA

lightchime wrote:

Annie_Girl wrote:

Asked to take photos or hired to take photos?

If you agreed to photograph an event it is my belief you should have an idea on how to proceed without having to come to a forum and ask basic questions on how to get pleasing results.

Although I agree with your opinion a little finesse would have been appropriate.

Good grief, it's the MWAC syndrome all over again.

Pablo8 Loc: Nottingham UK.

Take an incident light reading, (and why haven't you got a hand-held meter)or a reflected reading from a grey-card. and set your camera to manual from the reading you obtain. Or...just blast away with flash like the 'snappers' do!!

BHC Loc: Strawberry Valley, JF, USA

Take a reading from your Color Temperature Meter to set your color balance by degrees Kelvin. You do have a Color Temperature Meter, don't you?

The Watcher

This is where a incident light meter that also meters flash output take the guesswork out of getting the correct exposure. Getting the correct exposure with your camera could be done by using a gray card. But the correct flash output isn't so easy unless you use manual settings. Shooting in raw would be a good idea if the fluorescent lights are on and also if you think someone might want a large print.

TLCarney Loc: Englewood, Florida

Set up your camera/flash for 'fill flash' mode and you will be OK. A day or two before the event, grab a friend at the noon hour take some pratice shots so you know what to expect. Then take some test shots in the room before the event to see how the white walls may affect the exposure, probably not but shoot some tests before things get started. Make sure to have plenty of bettery power for the flash unit.

rpavich Loc: West Virginia

Mogul wrote:

lightchime wrote:

Annie_Girl wrote:

Asked to take photos or hired to take photos?

If you agreed to photograph an event it is my belief you should have an idea on how to proceed without having to come to a forum and ask basic questions on how to get pleasing results.

Although I agree with your opinion a little finesse would have been appropriate.

Good grief, it's the MWAC syndrome all over again.

No kidding...you'd think we were all 10 year olds around here...

rpavich Loc: West Virginia

jrosales wrote:

Hello UHH member I'm new to the forum; I have a qu... (show quote)

I don't even understand what your question is...?

Whether it's bright or not...why should that matter?

Will these be portraits against a backdrop? Impromptu shots?

There isn't enough info in the post to give any good advice.

Lilli480

Annie_Girl wrote:

Asked to take photos or hired to take photos?

If you agreed to photograph an event it is my belief you should have an idea on how to proceed without having to come to a forum and ask basic questions on how to get pleasing results.

For every question asked, there are ten other people wanting to ask the same thing. No need to put down a person for asking a question. It really is not your concern if the photographer is being compensated for this event. As my mother and teachers always said, either kindly answer or keep quiet.

That being said, looking forward to some helpful advice in answer the setting question.

billypip Loc: nottingham England

tell them you dont have the right gear and to get a pro in to do it. We can give you endless advice on your settings but if you are unsure on the day then i think you will struggle. I think im a half decent snapper but was coerced into shooting a good friends wedding due to his financial constraints, we did get some great shots but i would never do it again.......... very nerve wracking !

JBTaylor Loc: In hiding again

Annie_Girl wrote:

Asked to take photos or hired to take photos?

If you agreed to photograph an event it is my belief you should have an idea on how to proceed without having to come to a forum and ask basic questions on how to get pleasing results.

Sometimes you're facing an new situation and just want to know what has worked for others.

I had a similar question almost a year ago except it was about shooting a wedding in a dark church. I laid out the conditions as the OP did here and got some good advice, mostly from CaptainC. Not only was I grateful, the bride has thanked me more than once since then.

Unless my memory is wrong, you gave some good advice to another OP a few weeks ago when another UHHer gave similar comment to your above comment and set off pages of debate about calling it like you see it vs "tofu eating sensitive types". I want that Annie_Girl back.