Rebekah wrote:
Bruce,
hopefully I can add something helpful to this discussion. I'm not
very knowledgable about photography, but originally my college
degree's focus was stage lighting for live productions. I remember
when LED stage lighting was starting to become popular - such a
wonderful idea: cooler, birghter, cheaper lights...
Anyways, the LED lamps I'm familiar with are usually 5600K color
temperature, although there are also 'warm white' lamps that are
2800K. I don't suggest shooting on your tungsten setting. Cotty has
an excellent point suggesting to shoot in RAW because the lighting
temperature will often change from minute to minute as different
lights, colors, and brightness settings are used. A lighting
instrument will produce a huge range of color temperatures just as it
is dimmed or brightned, and then of course there's filters to
consider: the colored plastic put up in front of lights to change the
color. I do recommend proactively asking to walk on the stage and get
a couple of readings before the show. Call the venue location, or
show up an hour early, and ask to speak to whomever is in charge of
lighting. Chances are, they'll let you meter to your heart's desire
if you ask nicely. Make sure they understand you won't be flashing if
there's a no camera policy. Lighting folks also love to be bribed
with photographs of their own work, so perhaps you can promise them a
CD of your work for their portfolio. Ask if they can show you a
couple of different lighting settings that they use most frequently
that will give you a good range of what to expect.
Good luck!
Thanks, Rebekah; that's great info.
Funny, I'd *never* considered that the lighting folk would want to see
my shots. I will make a point of presenting them with my card next time
-- thanks so much for that suggestion!
(I've never used a flash in my stage photos so far. I much prefer going
with fast glass and high iso's instead.)
-bmw
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