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Shooting in low light I'll be shooting with my Pentax ZX-50, and possibly a 100-300mm zoom. Thanks in advance for your thoughts. -Kate
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Mark Feldstein |
Actually, 800 speed film is not ideal for capturing movement and one reason your images may be blurred is camera shake if you're not using a sturdy tripod and cable release or other camera support. To shoot fashion shows, the ideal set up is to get a position at the end of the runway, (or walkway) set your camera and tripod there along with at least one electronic flash, preferably something with reasonable power of 1000 watt seconds or more and with a light modifier of some kind like a softbox or umbrella. Find a mark where the models will (with instruction) hit, stop, strike a pose while looking directly at the camera and wait until they see the strobe go off (preferably twice) before moving on. Your camera should be prefocused on that mark and lens should be set at an f-stop that will provide you with adequate depth of field to have the model in focus when they stop. That mark is where you take your light meter reading from back towards the camera (using an incident flash meter). And, with the light I mentioned, or something similar, you should be able to work comfortably at ISO 100 and stop motion at the same time.
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Gale |
I'm shooting a fashion show at a church benefit. This is my 3rd year. I understand about shooting from the end of the runway (it's about 3 feet tall), but this seems like the angle of view will not be straight on at eye level with the models. Maybe I have to catch the models as soon as they enter the runway. Please comment. thanks cgr
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Mark Feldstein |
I'm really not clear as to what the problem is. Why do you need to be at eye level?? But if you really need to be at eye level, get a step ladder. I'm 6'1 and have used them for this before. It's helpful if your tripod goes up to that level too, OR use a Bogen Super Clamp with a camera mount attached. Also try following the advice I gave to Kate above.
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