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What is the best way to photograph moving objects in a dimly lit room? |
You probably guessed that I'm talking about shooting concert photography. I did a practice run a few nights ago in a venue and off about 150 pictures that were taken--about 20 of them were recognizable. Ten of the 20 were decent. I am still a fairly new photographer so I'll tell you that I was working with a Pentax K100D camera. Lens: 50-200. On one of my good shots I was about 30 ft away from the band with my ISO: 800, F5.6, and shooting at 150mm. There was a dude with a fro that I could only get ONE good shot of the entire night and those are the settings for that picture. The issues I was having were mostly due to blur and lighting (of course). Does anyone have any advice for shooting in low-light situations with active subjects? I am also looking for good websites for reference as well. I currently frequent allthingsphotography.com which is amazing for beginners such as myself. Thank you in advance. Usually the stage lighting at concerts is good enough to get shots. Most of the concerts are being video taped, so the lighting has to be good enough for the video camera. That said, I would think you could use your spot meter and get a reading on the light falling on one of the performers and then set your camera in the manual mode to what ever reading you got. Yes, the lighting will change from time to time, but not more than a stop usually. You will notice that change in your view finder and you can make the slight adjustment as you need. Don't be afraid to use the highest ISO available on your camera. It is better to get the shot with a little noise in it than not get it at all. Source(s): http://www.kenrockwell.com/tech/dslr-com... Editorial, sports and glamour photographer Use the highest ISO you can, the fastest lens you have and wait for the stage to have the most light. Prime lenses (those lenses that are not zoom lenses) are considered "faster" in that they have better light transmission since they dont have all the glass that zoom lenses have. Along with a bunch of other variables. Light is the photographers subject, without it you can only do so much. It is possible to get great pictures BUT.... you're going to have to have a tripod. Image stabilizer will get you a couple of stops but is still not as good as a tripod. Then you need a fast lens like maybe a prime f2.8. Then you are going to have to take loads of pictures and hope that some of them turn out, and they usually do. Don't use flash, it doesn't look good and you annoy the heck out of the performers. You are trying the right things. Low light gives you slower shutter speeds. You can deal with this in several different ways, but none of them are miracles Set your camera to the highest ISO setting (but the higher you go, the more noise you are likely to see in the picture) Try to hold your camera as still as possible: feet apart, hold your breath, rest your elbows against your stomach (but that will not help if the band is jumping around) Try another lens if you have it - zoom lenses tend to have smallish biggest apertures. You say you shot at 5.6. Do you have a lens that will give you more light? Say 1.4 or 1.8? |
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