Re: Photographing a baptism

2017-07-18 Thread Igor PDML-StR
Larry would need a larger font to "be a HERO". And bOld. Steve Cottrell Tue, 18 Jul 2017 01:31:22 -0700 wrote: On 17/7/17, Larry Colen, discombobulated, unleashed: A friend asked me to photograph her child's baptism Underwater GoPro. ;-) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List

Re: Photographing a baptism

2017-07-18 Thread Paul Stenquist
I would avoid getting bogged down with a lot of equipment. I can't imagine you will need more than the two zooms, and the shorter one on the K-1 would probably be enough. Almost all shots will require substantial DOF, so fast primes wouldn't be a plus. Paul via phone > On Jul 18, 2017, at

Re: Photographing a baptism

2017-07-18 Thread Steve Cottrell
On 17/7/17, Larry Colen, discombobulated, unleashed: >A friend asked me to photograph her child's baptism Underwater GoPro. ;-) -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__UK Shoot / Edit and || (O) |Live Broadcast News -- _ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail

Re: Photographing a baptism

2017-07-18 Thread Larry Colen
Paul Stenquist wrote: Most priests aren't going to engage in a live demo for a photographer, but the church probably has a printout of rules. But I assume this is a freeby, right? In that case you make your best guess, show up and shoot. Not much that could go wrong here. You will be fairly

Re: Photographing a baptism

2017-07-17 Thread Mark C
I'd ask a few questions and if possible scope out the settings. Often churches have lay staff who can show you the setting, location of the font, and describe how its usually done. Things like knowing that the priest will hold the baby up in front of the church as opposed to giving it to the

Re: Photographing a baptism

2017-07-17 Thread Paul Stenquist
Most priests aren't going to engage in a live demo for a photographer, but the church probably has a printout of rules. But I assume this is a freeby, right? In that case you make your best guess, show up and shoot. Not much that could go wrong here. You will be fairly close, you don't need the

Re: Photographing a baptism

2017-07-17 Thread John
You've got a few weeks, get her to put you in touch with the clergy who will officiate. I'm guessing this is a Roman Catholic service, so talk to the priest. Have him show you where you'll be standing & walk you through how it will be done. That also gives you a chance to find out what the

Re: Photographing a baptism

2017-07-17 Thread Bob W-PDML
Most of the christenings I've been to have been something along these lines: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=kHbQr6Xsy8U B On 17 Jul 2017, at 23:47, Larry Colen > wrote: A friend asked me to photograph her child's baptism in a few weeks. I've never

Re: Photographing a baptism

2017-07-17 Thread Paul Stenquist
If you're lucky the baptismal font will be a veritable pool, and the priest will climb in there and submerge each infant up to their nose. It's unlikely, but it's done that way here. In any case you should be able to get somewhat close. I would use the 24-70 zoom and shoot at f5.6, 1/200th in