I'm going to shoot for a pop/rock band's promotion photos soon.
my problem is..i don't have good lighting for outdoor shooting.
The portable lighting with those generator power simply too expensive for me..i couldn't effort buying it at the moment.
now it's spring, and the band decided at 8 pm for the photography session..at that time the sunlight probably harsh or i don't know...
I need help and advices pls give me some clues...
*showing puppy eyes*
I've been having some good luck with standard speed lights mounted on stands when working outdoors. I started based on some great advice from strobist and have been surprised by how much can be done with these little flashes.
The sun got a little too high while shooting last saturday morning, so I tossed a 430EX on a stand with an umbrella to broaden the light source. I was able to shoot at 1/4 power (manual mode) with the sun to the subjects back to give some rim lighting. I just use a sync cord to trigger the flash, but it seems to work out fine.
Hi Freda. I shot a senior violin recital last night for a friend and used ISO 1600 for the whole thing. Don't forget that our Canons are tremendous with high ISO. Print them out 4x6 and you can barely tell, run them through noisware and you can enlarge. I forget, do you have a speedlight?
Also, I once made a great big diffuser out of a white sheet and 2 pvc poles to do a shoot outdoors in full sun. Of course I have lots of helpers to hold my makeshift reflectors and diffusers!
Also, I think virtuamike has some good advice about going to the location at 8:00 and checking out the light. Can you do that?
Don't bet me wrong here, I'm a huge fan of existing light photography. But, if you have to get a shot despite the light, even a $89 flash triggered through a sync cord can be a huge help.
I have used full sized reflectors rather than resorting to flash, but they can be a handful when on your own and unusable once the wind kicks up.
Best of luck with the shoot, be sure to share the results with us!
