I can feel your pain. I have shot a few venues kind of like that. They are difficult. I have had some good luck using a bit longer lens - like your 50-135. That seems to let you grab a bit more candid shot since you are not quite so in their face. The flash smooths out a bit more and the backgrounds tend to blur out better. It makes them not quite so distracting.
-- Best regards, Bruce Friday, January 29, 2010, 10:25:38 PM, you wrote: CA> Hi Everyone: CA> I shot a political event/fundraiser tonight as a friendly favor; I didn't CA> really have a good night of it--I've got a cold & don't feel my best, but CA> that wasn't the biggest frustration--it's all those in-the-way balloons and CA> decorations, bad lighting, boring microphone shots, trying to isolate folks CA> for some good pics, ugly, ugly walls and backgrounds--etc, etc. Anyway, CA> this pic of our governor, Pat Quinn, is what it is, but if anyone has any CA> advice for shooting events, I'd be grateful. CA> http://tiny.cc/Ejb7A CA> http://www.caguila.com/caguila/quinn/content/fundraiser_85_large.html CA> The primary is next Tuesday. After I took this picture, the governor said, CA> "well, young lady, you got me." I was grateful he referred to me as young. CA> Comments welcome CA> Cheers, Christine -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
