Cotty wrote: > >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? > > Don't use flash - use he stage lighting but make sure the lighting > operator is still around or you'll be in the dark! Move the actors > around to suit the lighting. Groups, sure, but medium shots in a pose - > singles and 2 and 3 -shots depending on character interactions. Watch > your backgrounds. I would shoot fairly wide to keep the backgrounds > soft. > I didn't ever think I'd use these words in a single sentence, but I agree everything with Cotty says here.
I would also not faff around with white balance - I've always found it better to shoot raw and sort it out afterwards. As you've got access to the show before the shoot, it's worth making a note of scenes that you think will work as photographs and ask them to re-enact them. Hope it goes well and that we get to see the output. Chris ======= Email scanned by PC Tools - No viruses or spyware found. (Email Guard: 7.0.0.18, Virus/Spyware Database: 6.15490) http://www.pctools.com/ ======= -- 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.
