Christine is shooting after the performance. See her note below. So she'll be able to use a tripod and shoot at a relatively normal ISO. I believe that the stage manager will be able to provide relatively even and bright lighting for the shoot if she asks. Paul
On Jul 22, 2010, at 12:16 AM, [email protected] wrote: > Christine, When I shot for a theater in Bristol,Pa They did not want me to > make any noise at all,not even shutter release noise. So I would take the > photos at a louder part of the play to hide the noise from the shutter. Also > I was upstairs on the second floor. This was shot with film and the Lx body, > But I used fast glass. 85mm F1.4, 135mm F1.8, 200mm F2.5 and 300mm F2.8. The > film was either Fuji Press 800asa rated at 1200 and 1600 if needed, also Tmax > 400 rated at 800 and 1600asa, along with Tmax 3200 asa. For stills after the > play I would use Kodak 400 and Fuji 400. These are just some of the films, I > would use at different plays. You can always wait for a slow scene in the > play if you do not want to use a high iso. Also maybe they will have a piano > or something like that to pose the group around.. Hope this info helps. Joe > P.S Look at the lights and see where the lights fall on the stage and maybe > some of the actors will be more under those lights, and you will get a better > shot. But if you are not going to try to shoot while watching the play, > forget about what I said. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Christine Aguila <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Thu, 22 Jul 2010 00:25:12 -0000 (UTC) > Subject: upcoming theater shoot > > Hi Everyone: > > I've been asked to photograph scenes from the play "My Sister Eileen" which > will open tomorrow night at a university near by. The shoot will take place > after a Friday night performance, and the producer said normally the shoot > is about an hour long. The cast is small (9), so I think I've a wide enough > lens for a cast group shot. I've requested a comp ticket, so I can see the > show before the shoot, and they've kindly agreed. > > I'll be looking for good dramatic scenes, of course, and I've been told that > there's nothing exotic about the lighting direction for this play--just > standard stage lighting. Has anyone had experience doing theater shoots? > Any tips or suggestions you'd be willing to share? > > Thanks in advance. > 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. > > > -- > 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. -- 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.
