studio photography in a hall.

carmen_prince

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5 Jan 2007 - 11:57 PM

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im doing a photo shoot for my sisters ballet company in a hall which has loads of windows round the top of the hall. its not fantastically lite and need lights for the shoot. the only problem is that the lights that people have suggested on the forums such as the D Lite 2 have been reviewed and said to over heat alot when used alot in a small amount of time. such as photographing 50 dancers 20 times each all day. i just realy need advise on the best way to get the best results for the least amount of money. im willing to spend around £400 on lights but am not sure if i can get what i need for that amount of money. thanks carmen.

Origami_Owl

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6 Jan 2007 - 12:36 AM

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Hi Carmen,

Don't be so quick to discount the notion of natural daylight. I've done a fair bit of dance photography and some of the best pictures came about from a daylight dance room (these were a tutorial session in which a teacher taught some moves to a group, the room did have some windows on one side). I'm not sure if I can put links in, but this is what I'm referring to.

My best advice would be to go to the room that you'll be shooting in at the time of day that you'll be shooting at and having a go (take someone to test model for you!), make sure the shutter speed doesn't dip too low - for best results use manual mode so the camera doesn't get confused with trying to meter what you're pointing at constantly.

If there really isn't enough light then everything is going to have to get a little bit more controlled as introducing lighting changes things somewhat as you can guess. No lights like being flashed constantly, but if you just take it easy and don't fire the shuter constantly then you should be ok. I'd say the best approach would be to bounce the flashes off the walls so you'd be getting a big even distribution as if the sun is shining from above/coming in at the side.

But - I think you need to establish first whether you can get away with daylight.

Hope that helps

Paul