At 10:18 PM 2/16/2001 +0100, you wrote:
>You might get away with front row
>sitting (on chairs), and middle row standing, and a
>back row staning on...what??? Are there risers
>available at the facility? Will these people climb up
>and stand on chairs? (Are their 67 chairs available?)
>
>You probably don't want to go more than 3, or at most
>4, deep or it will be too hard to evenly expose
>everyone, front to back.
Sorry but I disagree. More rows will make the group more rectangular. Fewer
rows gives the "string of pearls" effect -- three rows of faces with plenty
of wasted space top & bottom. This works if the final prints are of the
panoramic proportion, but for 11x14 or 16x20, it's amateurish and
unattractive. Since each face will be pretty small anyway a more
rectangular group lets you maximize each face's size.
To set a multi-row group sans risers, front to rear:
sitting flat on their butts
kneeling, bottoms on knees
kneeling, upper legs straight
sitting on chairs
standing
standing on chairs
BTW, the disparity between the standing and the standing-on-chairs rows is
greater than any other adjacent rows and is why you do not want the tallest
back there. I usually place the tallest seated on the chairs.
Alternate between an even and an odd number in each row so no individual is
directly in front of or behind another.
As far as even exposure, if your light source is above the highest row and
aimed down so that it's equidistant from front to rear, you will be spot
on. 13' air cushion stands plus powerful lights plus big umbrellas are the
way to go.
regards,
Henry Posner/B&H Photo-Video
http://www.bhphotovideo.com
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