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Nightlife Photography...any suggestions So, I've been a photographer for years, but only recently decided to actually take a stab at making a living with it. I've been agressively marketing and networking myself over the last month and have come in contact with some party promoters/nightlife even producers. There is some great opportunities for continuous work with them as well as coming in contact with other potential clients. Has anyone got any advice on getting into this area of photography? I shoot with a Minolta Maxxum 400si, haven't been able to afford the switch to a dSLR yet. Any suggestions on speeds or f-stops for great photos. Also, I still have only the built in flash. I realize that to venture into this market, I will need to acquire a more powerful, external flash. Any suggestions on good ones? -Thanks, Melissa
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Andrew Laverghetta |
So I'm assuming that you're talking about suggestions on night photography. My first question, does "nightlife" mean places such as clubs? The main problem that you'll find this this is that it's very dark and people move around a lot. Where I would normally use very slow shutter speeds, sometimes up to 16 minutes at ISO 100 at night for scenics, you will have to find some other way like using a faster film and larger apertures. You'll have to get started asap to see how light works at night. You'll want to keep detail in places that are pretty bright but there will be pretty deep shadows that will be hard to work with. Most of my night work has been with black and white film printing it in the darkroom and dodging and burning to get the highlights down and the shadows up. Another thing is using a filter to get the color balance correct if you'd like to, or use a special film for it. But, what I might suggest is to practice with black and white film so you don't need to worry about the color yet. Also, what I like to do is to look for something that I want to make about an 18% gray, meter off of that and then take the picture. I don't really like my reply so far but hopefully it can help get some things straight as to what kind of photography you're thinking about. Also, as long as you know what you're doing when you shoot, it's not necessary to have a DLSR. Like I said, I used black and white film for a lot of my night stuff and I'm sure that I could continue, though I would need to change my work up a little bit if I started using color. Also, the problem with DSLR for nightLIFE is that you'll probably use a high ISO so there will be a lot of noise, and then if you use longer shutter speeds that will also add more noise. Hope this helps what kind of stuff you think about when it comes to this.
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