Photographing bands in bars
Aug 8, 2013 12:52:52 #
Hi,
I have a Canon T2i, what mode and settings do I use to take pictures of bands in a bar? They also have lighting shows.
thanks
I have a Canon T2i, what mode and settings do I use to take pictures of bands in a bar? They also have lighting shows.
thanks
Aug 8, 2013 14:04:20 #
hard to say, but I'd start by cranking the iso a bit (1600), shooting at the widest aperture on your brightest lens, shutter speed is going to need to be somewhere between 1/60-1/200s, otherwise it be blurry if the people move around too much. Just don't use your pop up flash.
Aug 8, 2013 14:09:25 #
Aug 8, 2013 14:13:56 #
Aug 8, 2013 14:59:29 #
Aug 8, 2013 15:01:18 #
Cdouthitt wrote:
probably not ok to use flash...
DEFINITELY not OK!
Use the flash, and you'll most likely get thrown out.
Available light is all you get to work with.
Aug 8, 2013 15:31:42 #
When shooting live bands, I prefer to use existing lighting. Depending on how big time the band is and the venue they may have their own art director and he/she designed the lighting and a speedflash, even the best will ruin what he/she designed. I try to avoid using flashes except when I have a stationary object and I nee the "fill" Flashes tend to "flatten" you subjects and, in my view, cheapen the image of bands. Also use spot metering and realize that the fact that your subject is usually in the light and and everything else is dark. That might throw off the averaged or evaluative metering
Aug 8, 2013 15:33:40 #
Girl, welcome to the Hog. If there is very low light and it changes, I would shoot your fastest lens, wide open at the speed you think you need to get the desired motion or lack thereof and let the ISO float. That will give you the speed you need, or as much as you can get and keep noise to a minimum. Some shots at high ISO will be very noisy, others will be low ISO and very clean.
If you set ISO really high, ALL will be noisy, but some would not have been with a floating ISO. Keeper rate will be low. So move around a lot to vary the light, thus your speed.
Again, welcome and good luck. SS
If you set ISO really high, ALL will be noisy, but some would not have been with a floating ISO. Keeper rate will be low. So move around a lot to vary the light, thus your speed.
Again, welcome and good luck. SS
Aug 8, 2013 15:37:35 #
Oh yeah, shoot Raw...this will help with white balance and cleaning up the noise in PP. Auto ISO is great, but make sure that your not at a point in the photos where there is SO much noise that it detracts from the photo.
Aug 8, 2013 16:27:52 #
Simple, iso 6400, EOS60d, though I prefer my D7000s
I do it all the time, no one would use flash
I do it all the time, no one would use flash
Aug 9, 2013 05:20:01 #
and travel light! a good bar can be crowded. also be aware of your surroundings, try to work around wait staff. work fast & keep moving. ear plugs also good when you get close to the sound system. maybe even get in during sound check for some shots since the house wont be crowded.
Aug 9, 2013 05:55:40 #
I have done monochrome work using an IR converted camera with an IR flash, (which means the flash light is invisible). It creates a particular look which you may or may not like. Definitely a style which is different, but it does enable you to freeze with the flash.
Aug 9, 2013 08:09:19 #
armeniangirl wrote:
Hi,
I have a Canon T2i, what mode and settings do I use to take pictures of bands in a bar? They also have lighting shows.
thanks
I have a Canon T2i, what mode and settings do I use to take pictures of bands in a bar? They also have lighting shows.
thanks
HI Girl, I shoot allot of bands myself and I had an opportunity to shoot this one at a Duke's of Hazard reunion/Car Show "David Allan Coe" I adjusted white balance and it gave me a much more pleasing image. I used the White Balance eyedropper and selected spot to use.
Aug 9, 2013 08:18:20 #
Try for atypical angles; get up and shoot down on the subject and get down and shoot up. Experiment with unusual cropping, either when shooting or when printing.
Aug 9, 2013 08:20:33 #
mikegreenwald
Loc: Illinois
Depending on the lighting (often very uneven), shoot center balanced RAW. Still in RAW, make two duplicates with exposures up and down 2EV. Then convert the three images with HDR to a single image.
Shooting three initial images with EV uncorrected, EV+2 and EV-2 will result in ghosting in the HDR image.
Shooting three initial images with EV uncorrected, EV+2 and EV-2 will result in ghosting in the HDR image.
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