On Apr 7, 2011, at 12:30 PM, Collin Brendemuehl wrote: > In 3 weeks I'm going to be doing the still work @ a conference.
Will other people be taking flash photos? > Normally this means being a distance away from the stage. > > A) My first thought is to use the A70-210, set the ISO to 400 or 800, > and use the on-camera flash. (Body is the K-x.) > > B) Of course softer light would be preferable. I have a classic > Sunpak 611 available. With a GN of 160 and setting the ISO @ 400, > even with a tissue over the head for some diffusion I can get > plenty of DOF. There are also lumiquest soft boxes, fongdongs, and my cheapass simulated fongdongs that I make out of plastic water (or milk) jugs. One thing that I like about my cheapass ones is that I generally line one of the sides with aluminum foil so rather than being a total light grenade with photons going everyplace, it's more of a shaped charge. > > C) Then again, a *dedicated* flash with a bounce panel might be best, > but that would shorten my shooting distance. I really don't want to > crank the ISO past 800, just to maintain image quality. What flash, > Pentax brand or other, would you suggest? > > A? B? C? Other? > Additional thoughts? I'll take it as a give that you have to be some distance away from the stage, but do your flashes? If you're the official photographer, can you set them up closer to the stage on radio, or optical trigger? I'd be tempted to do something with a couple of cheap manual speedlights, remote triggers and maybe a speedlight on camera to cut down on shadows from directly on axis. Try to set up your key and side fill lights so that their shadows are cast out of the frame. > > Sincerely, > > Collin Brendemuehl > http://kerygmainstitute.org > > "He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose" > -- Jim Elliott > > > > > > > -- > 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. -- Larry Colen [email protected] sent from i4est -- 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.
